When you receive your compressor
it will have refrigerant oil in it. This can be bad for air systems,
especially ones like the AiROCK. I changed out the oil and added
normal 10W-30 Motor oil. Non-synthetic.
Additional
Parts:
10W-30 Motor Oil (12-16oz)
Small diameter Hose
Tools
Needed:
Combo Wrench
Turkey Baster
Measuring Cup
Installation:
1.
Assemble your parts. I used a plastic measuring cup (since
I didn't want to hear it about putting oil in one used for cooking).
I also cut the end off of a turkey baster and inserted a small diameter
hose into the end of it. This will be used to suck out the
oil from the compressor. Now if you have not installed the
compressor yet, you can just remove the two fittings and drain the
oil out of it that way.
2.
Remove the oil return hose.
3.
Remove the oil return fitting from the side of the compressor.
4.
Use the turkey baster to remove the oil from the compressor.
This takes some time. I measured it out into the measuring
cup so that I could see how much oil was in the compressor.
Normally this will be between 12-16oz.
5.
Clean out the measuring cup and turkey baster. Fill the measuring
cup with the same amount of oil that you removed (12-16oz) and used
the turkey baster as your funnel to refill the compressor.
