I was vapour blasting something this morning and when I finished I notice oil dripping from the ceiling.
Looks like some sort of non return valve has blown out of the compressor housing and oil has been blown out instead of air (I assume this is a breather so air gets expelled normally?) If I run the compressor without it in it does blow air out of that hole but no oil, but perhaps there's now a lack of oil to blow out. The sight gauge still shows the minimum level of oil however. I haven't changed the oil since I bought it about 6 months ago.
Looks like some sort of non return valve has blown out of the compressor housing and oil has been blown out instead of air (I assume this is a breather so air gets expelled normally?) If I run the compressor without it in it does blow air out of that hole but no oil, but perhaps there's now a lack of oil to blow out. The sight gauge still shows the minimum level of oil however. I haven't changed the oil since I bought it about 6 months ago.