OT: air compressor

This site says 30wt non-detergent

Tony

Why not use 30 HD oil until you can find 30 non detergent oil?

The unique requirement of non-detergent oil for the compressor has jacked up the price for this fundamentally crap oil. You can pay from $2.50 to $11.00 for a half-quart. Drop by Home Depot and grab the cheap stuff and be happy.

OH, FWIW, last winter (Minnesota), my wife's car got a very low tire overnight and the idiot I am - I fired up the small air compressor and it seized immediately. Dunno what happened, but it works today. I run Mobil-1 in that one. Sure didn't help.

I did, just that last night. I ended up paying $2.50 a pint for this stuff only to find out the compressor has a blown head gasket on one side. Now I have to pull the compressor apart to see how bad it really is...

Tony

I was finally able to get a maintenance manual to download and it says Mobile one is the only motor oil recommended. Funny thing is I always thought this stuff was crap...

Tony

Mobil-1 is all I have used in any air-cooled engine including a '56 Harley, '58 Bug and the 2165cc hot rod ACVW. It's good stuff.

I'll try a can the next time I need it for my compressor but I'll remain wary about putting it in my engines. I guess I'm too geezerly to change at this point...

Tony

I am 64 years-old. Are you more geezer than me?

they say you are only as old as you feel.... some days I'm going on 95!!!

Nope, less actually but I think it's a state of mind... :o)

Tony

Sometimes I feel like 120 before I've had a pain pill. About 30 years ago a drunk SOB ran into the back of my motorcycle while I was riding. The MF're was going about 20 MPH faster than me. Needless to say my life has never been the same.

Anyway I need to pull the head off that damn air compressor to fix a leak. I think it's going to be the hot ticket to power my soda blaster when it's up and working right.

Tony