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Thread: Vacuum pump oil
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26-06-2012, 08:41 AM #1
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Vacuum pump oil
Hi Guys..
I'm in the middle of Indonesia at the moment and have run out of vacc pump ..
Would anyone out there know if there is a substitute oil I could use in a 2 stage vacc pump.?
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Peter
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26-06-2012, 10:32 AM #2
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Re: Vacuum pump oil
Hi,
I reckon whatever refrigerant clean / new refrigerant oil you have would be fine. Pretty sure most vac oil is just some middle of the road mineral oil. Else, engine oil would probably do just fine.
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26-06-2012, 09:55 PM #3
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Re: Vacuum pump oil
Thanks for your feed back mate..
Cheers
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27-06-2012, 05:08 AM #4
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Re: Vacuum pump oil
I often use compressor oil when vaccing down bigger machines then swapping to vac oil when I'm near torr
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27-06-2012, 07:16 AM #5
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Re: Vacuum pump oil
Yeah POE, PAG or PVE oil is just as fine.
