Office of Steam Logo_1

Author Topic: Question about engines run on air  (Read 2945 times)

  • Administrator
  • Engineer
  • *****
  • Posts: 6263
  • Aussie Steamer always on the boil :)
  • Location: South Coast of New South Wales Australia
Re: Question about engines run on air
« on: March 10, 2019, 08:38:11 pm »
we oil them often, the shows I go to certainly don't have inline oilers, & if they did I wouldn't use them...unless you have the air going straight into the engine, otherwise it (oily compressed air) is probably going through the boiler 1st....not good.
That's what I've read before about inline oilers before Bruce. Do you just take the air line off and squirt some oil in the steam inlet periodically?
_______________________________________________
Cheers.
Jim

Blue Heelers Model & Toy Steam Engine Room YouTube Channel -
 https://www.youtube.com/user/Blue123Heeler/videos