I have been running an oil less Craftsman compressor for awhile. For various reasons I upgraded to a IR Single stage reciprocating compressor. They stated that if I use their synthetic oil the warranty is increased to 2 years (I think), so I did.
After I installed the compressor and added the synthetic oil I ran the compressor without being hooked up to my air lines. When all checked out fine I checked the manual again to see if I missed anything and I noticed that there is a list of SUITABLE and NOT RECOMMNEDED downstream material when using synthetic oil.
The list are fairly long and I havent a clue what my hoses, filters etc are made of.
I will be using a Sharpe F88 Filter in combination with a Devilbiss Cam Air Q3 Filter/Dryer.
I assume that after the filters the air should be free of any oil contamination so that should not be a problem, but everything between the compressor and the filter setup, including the filters ($$$) are what I am concerned about.
Does anyone else have any experience with using the synthetic oil in there compressor ???
Is this something I should be concerned about ???
Should I switch to a different oil ???
Thanks...Alan
After I installed the compressor and added the synthetic oil I ran the compressor without being hooked up to my air lines. When all checked out fine I checked the manual again to see if I missed anything and I noticed that there is a list of SUITABLE and NOT RECOMMNEDED downstream material when using synthetic oil.
The list are fairly long and I havent a clue what my hoses, filters etc are made of.
I will be using a Sharpe F88 Filter in combination with a Devilbiss Cam Air Q3 Filter/Dryer.
I assume that after the filters the air should be free of any oil contamination so that should not be a problem, but everything between the compressor and the filter setup, including the filters ($$$) are what I am concerned about.
Does anyone else have any experience with using the synthetic oil in there compressor ???
Is this something I should be concerned about ???
Should I switch to a different oil ???
Thanks...Alan