Endless air on a sanden compressor. How much oil ?

Post by **pongo** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:47 pm

Going to convert my old air con compressor to endless air tommorow.

Just wondering how much oil i should be feeding through it to kee it happy.

Thanks

Post by **hyzook** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:09 pm

I put a greese nipple in the side of mine and every so often (about hour of use) i pump some greese into it and its lasted for around four years and is still going.

Post by **viper** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:25 pm

second that

Post by **pongo** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:40 am

saw on a different forum last night that they fill u the sump with 80/90w and then run a small amount of oil through the line just to keep it happy.

Mine needs to run pretty much all the time to fill up my tank, so stopping on the side of the hway to pump some grease isnt going to be productive.

Thanks

Post by **Ghost** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:52 am

how big is your tank

Post by **pongo** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:53 pm

my tank is a whoping 12 litres. got it all hooked up today and it takes 14 seconda to fill it from 60- 100 psi at idle. Ill get a check valve so when it cuts out the oil will auto drain back into the oil lubericator.

Its actually a hitachi comressor , the one on my shorty is a sanden. I guess if i ut a fair bit of diff oil through it and it drains back to the luber it all should be sweet.

took me half a day to do and about $100 all u inc check vavle. Definate must do mod that will save the supercrap compressor

Thanks

Post by **ausyota** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:42 am

I need to do this to my Lux soon.
I burnt out an ARB pump doing mine and a mates tyres in a row

There isnt a hell of a lot of room though with aircon and PS.
I allready have a Sanden pump ready.

You guys pumping grease into them doesn't this eventually feed down the air lines and into your hoses/tank/tyres?
I was thinking of going the inline oiler on intake with a oil separater on the outlet with a feed line back to the oiler but it is a lot of extra crap if its not needed.

Post by **ssfabricator** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:32 pm

i have a oil and water seperator on discharge of aircon when thers bout 30-50 mls of oil in it i pour 30-50 of fresh motor oil back into compressor pretty simple

Post by **pongo** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:49 am

ssfabricator wrote:i have a oil and water seperator on discharge of aircon when thers bout 30-50 mls of oil in it i pour 30-50 of fresh motor oil back into compressor pretty simple

Is that in the sump part or into the lines. IM thinking of running vege oil to lubricate the comressor as i have plenty to spare and its free.

cheers

Post by **ssfabricator** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:31 am

i pour straight into air in line of compressor you will need an air filter on air in as well

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Endless air on a sanden compressor. How much oil ?

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