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I just stripped a Sanden TR90 Turbo Rotary aircon compressor off my old mans ford, and am putting it in the zook as an air compressor (fits very very nicely too with some custom mounts). Anyway about oiling this compressor. The compressors i know and work with have separate oil filler holes (like the endless Sanden), but mine doesnt. I noticed a heap of oil came out the aircon line holes when i tipped it. How do i oil it? Do i just add some oil down the line every now and then?

PJ.zook wrote:I just stripped a Sanden TR90 Turbo Rotary aircon compressor off my old mans ford, and am putting it in the zook as an air compressor (fits very very nicely too with some custom mounts). Anyway about oiling this compressor. The compressors i know and work with have separate oil filler holes (like the endless Sanden), but mine doesnt. I noticed a heap of oil came out the aircon line holes when i tipped it. How do i oil it? Do i just add some oil down the line every now and then?

I've got one of these too, or similar... a TR70 I think.

Some people will tell you they are no good for on-board air but I believe they should work okay, which is why I am about to fit one to my TB42. I've already made the bracket and all I need is to put it in and get the right belt.

Anyway, in answer to your question, some oil down the intake line should do it. I am pretty sure they need very little oil to stay in good order, but I guess it's a bit experimental since everyone else is using the piston style compressors.

Yeh ta for that. Phooey to anyone who says i cant do it hehe, id never get anythign done if i listened.
The pump hasnt been used for about 10 years but i just took it out, activated the coil and turned it, it was a little tight for the first 2 turns but now it spins like a charm.

I think you will find these compressors are no suited to OBA.

Why is that do you know? I woulda thought any would be ok since they pump aircon gas. Im gonna be running a tank anyway so...

Rotary vane's will still easily pump to around 120psi wont they?

PJ.zook wrote:Rotary vane's will still easily pump to around 120psi wont they?

Car air con works at 500+ psi, so I don't see how any compressor that works for air con could fail to work.

I think that "the rotary types won't do it" is a result of confusion between air con compressors and those air pumps found on some engines. The Sanden TR air con pumps are not vane pumps in the way that an air pump for emissions is. They are a rotary piston design, and if you upen it up it's very clever and has a lot fewer moving parts than a conventional piston type. I got mine to 110psi into my workshop compressor's tank, using a hand drill on the front nut before the drill got too hot.

Someone else has previously reported that he's using one for on-board air and it works fine. So I think you have to go ahead and do it and let us know

No worries ill keep u lot informed, coincidentally i backed up my buildup thread on monthly friday night after downunder went down, lucky.