Brought an air compressor and other bits and bobs the other day, only just had a play with it.
The instuctions… lets say were not the best
Basically in this packet is a plastic dip gauge for measuring the oil level.
Nowt in the instruction mention actually that this should be in 100% of the time.
Well as the instruction said I measured the oil, tad over the level but I know some of that will go into lubricating various bit when it chugging alone and as such likely to drop a little bit.
Remove the dip gauge and put the plastic plug back in.
Test the compressor ((Darn noisy thing grrr))) then suddenly this almighty
pop scareing me half to death because the plastic plug popped out to disappears into nowhere.
On much pondering and close examination… I notice the oil dip thingy in fact has an air release hole and therefore it twigs to me that it men’t to be in there all the time.
Gave me more of a shock than the dry firing of the spud gun from way back when.
Going to take me some getting used to though this compressor, completely different beast to eddie’s his if I recall right was made by some work buddies when he worked for Marconi nice quite electric motor driving a pully pump in the whole inc the more flexiable air hoses etc felt better to work with.
Time will tell.