diddycj5
12-23-2004, 01:01 PM
Wondering if anyone else has issues with their york OBA pumping out the oil.
Last summer I installed a york OBA using a compressor I got off ebay that was NOS and still in the box and had never turned over. I did not install a coalescing filter since they are about $70 and wanted to see how bad the oil output is first. I did use an small moisture filter - like the ones for a small shop air-compressor. However, when I fire up the compressor it spits out about 1 ounce of oil after airing up 3-4 tires. It also seems to put out more oil when the compressor is first turned on and after it has warmed up it puts out less oil.
I know that the york compressors tend to output some oil, but this seems excessive. The excessive oil output makes my OBA not very useful as I have to keep empting the oil out of the system after every few minutes of operation.
I have checked the type of york compressor for correct right hand suction for my application. The only things I can think of is that:
1. All york compressors loose this much oil and I need to pony up the $$ for the right filter
2. Since my compressor was NOS maybe the piston rings still need to seat and break-in
3. My compressor is boned and I need to rebuilt it.
Last summer I installed a york OBA using a compressor I got off ebay that was NOS and still in the box and had never turned over. I did not install a coalescing filter since they are about $70 and wanted to see how bad the oil output is first. I did use an small moisture filter - like the ones for a small shop air-compressor. However, when I fire up the compressor it spits out about 1 ounce of oil after airing up 3-4 tires. It also seems to put out more oil when the compressor is first turned on and after it has warmed up it puts out less oil.
I know that the york compressors tend to output some oil, but this seems excessive. The excessive oil output makes my OBA not very useful as I have to keep empting the oil out of the system after every few minutes of operation.
I have checked the type of york compressor for correct right hand suction for my application. The only things I can think of is that:
1. All york compressors loose this much oil and I need to pony up the $$ for the right filter
2. Since my compressor was NOS maybe the piston rings still need to seat and break-in
3. My compressor is boned and I need to rebuilt it.
