Some friends say that their screw air compressors consume oil too fast. Is this normal? What exactly is going on? Excessive oil consumption of screw air compressors is usually caused by the failure of the air compressor. In general, the excess oil consumption of an air compressor is due to the following factors:
What is the reason for the high oil consumption of screw air compressors?
Excessive oil in the valve chamber, which may be caused by worn valve guides, worn piston rings and cylinder liners, and damaged turbocharger seals, which may also lead to excessive oil consumption in the air compressor.
Oil leakage of screw air compressors is usually the main reason for the excessive oil consumption of air compressors. Air compressor maintenance personnel need to find the oil leak as soon as possible and perform maintenance as required. It is important to stress that oil leaks from air compressors can cause oil leaks on the machine platform and elsewhere. To reduce contamination, try cleaning the air compressor with a special cleaner during maintenance.
There is too much oil in the engine. In this case, the maintenance personnel of the screw air compressor should remove the excess oil, find out the source of the oil, use the appropriate oil in the engine, and not add too much leakage oil.
The oil temperature is too high, so the air compressor engineer should check the working condition of the oil cooler after a period of shutdown, replace new parts if necessary, and clean the oil cooler core.
Every error always has a reason. As long as we find the cause of the error, we can quickly solve the problem.
