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John T

01-24-2006 13:25:44




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I never been a good hand at that "If it aint broke dont fix it" advice, but Im beginning to wonder lol. I have (had) two real good air compressors, one a twin V two stage Ingersoll Rand (or is it a Dresser?? heck I 4 get) and the other a 5 HP 2 cylinder single stage and BOTH are fairly new and in good shape ran smooth n quiet not oil pumpers or noisy whatsoever. Sooooo oo last summer I get this wild hair to drain their oil and replace it with some of that expensive fancy shmancy Synthetic Compressor Oil. Seemed like a great idea at the time. ANYWHO in the past week BOTH BLEW UP. GRRRRR RRRRR RRRR one pretty much locked up I found both belts burned off, and the other has some slack n bump feel when it turns and it broke n spun the big pulley off the tapered keyed shaft.

See if I everrrrr r use expensive Synthetic Compressor Oil again

Anyone had similar problem with Synthetic Oil??? I use it religiously in my better cars n truck n motorhome, but now Im a lil nervous !!!!! !!!!

Ol John T

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Billde

01-24-2006 16:23:03




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 Re: OT Synthetic Compressor Oil in reply to John T, 01-24-2006 13:25:44  
It is possible that you may have used a synthetic that was formulated for industrial screw type compressors?



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Maybe Maybe Not

01-24-2006 15:37:20




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 Re: OT Synthetic Compressor Oil in reply to John T, 01-24-2006 13:25:44  
T-30 Select and XL-T30 are synthetic. Isn't one of them recommended for your compressor?

T-30 is 'diester' - ISO125 - SL20-125(SAE30)
XL-T30 is 'PAO-Polyalphaolefin' - ISO100 - SL10-100(SAE40)

If you used a 'synthetic blend' - ISO68 - SL60-68 it is inferior to T-30 Select and XL-T30. Substitutes for T-30 Select are: Chevron Tegra68, Conoco Syncon68, Keystone KSL719, Mobil Rarus SHC926, and Shell Madrella AS68

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Mr. Farmall

01-24-2006 15:12:53




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 Re: OT Synthetic Compressor Oil in reply to John T, 01-24-2006 13:25:44  
Maybe it was not the right grade of oil for it.



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Pete7

01-24-2006 13:38:27




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 Re: OT Synthetic Compressor Oil in reply to John T, 01-24-2006 13:25:44  
I had the opposite happen. Burned up a compressor by using it in the winter in an unheated workshop while using the standard type compressor oil. Re-built the compressor and switched to synthetic mobil oil and it's been Ok now for two winters.

Pete



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