Air compressor oil

dartfreak75 said
My air compressor says to use a sae 30w non detergent air compressor oil. I cant find any locally and i dont want to wait for shipping I need it now would it be ok to run a sae 30w non detergent motor oil or full synthetic 30w oil? It does say in the manual not to run a dual viscosity oil like 10w-30 but would a straight 30w be ok as long as its non detergent?

Using a non-detergent 30w or 10w-30 oil should be fine, as that's what it calls for. Do not use synthetic until the compressor is broken in.

I cycled my new compressor 2 times, then changed the oil w non-synthetic compressor oil, and will now run it for a dozen full cycles. After that, I will run Amsoil synthetic compressor oil for the life of it.