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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: CleanerCarpets on December 31, 2015, 06:10:50 pm

Title: Blower oil
Post by: CleanerCarpets on December 31, 2015, 06:10:50 pm

Can anyone recommend an oil for a Roots 3.3 Blower?

Title: Re: Blower oil
Post by: Raymondo on December 31, 2015, 06:15:44 pm

We just use a sae 40 oil that we got from HM.

http://www.tool-net.co.uk/p-349062/clarke-sae40.html?gclid=COK0z4DYhsoCFQQHwwodF9EGWw

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/compressor-oil-sae40/

Title: Re: Blower oil
Post by: CleanerCarpets on December 31, 2015, 06:19:16 pm

Thanks for that - do you mean thats what Hydramaster recommended?

Looking round on Google there seems a lot of info that contradicts itself like using fully synthetic or not.

Just trying to get the right stuff as it seems like the best way to get long life out of the blower.

Title: Re: Blower oil
Post by: Raymondo on December 31, 2015, 06:31:09 pm

When we first had our truckmount  HM supplied a gallon of sae 40 oil.

 I don't know what make it was.

 We nearly used that now so I will use one of those that I have linked to next time I change the oil in the blower.

Title: Re: Blower oil
Post by: Glynn on December 31, 2015, 06:40:43 pm

Its a non detergent 30 weight oil you need.

Title: Re: Blower oil
Post by: Raymondo on December 31, 2015, 07:07:55 pm

Hi Glynn

Our TM is a spitfire 3.2 the oil that HM supplied for the blower is a 40 grade and that is also mentioned in the service guide.

Title: Re: Blower oil
Post by: Glynn on December 31, 2015, 07:23:11 pm

Either will be fine Ray, just 30 is more fluid at a lower temp.

Title: Re: Blower oil
Post by: CleanerCarpets on December 31, 2015, 07:25:20 pm

Roots recommend an ISO VG 220 fully synthetic oil which seems to be a Gear oil

Title: Re: Blower oil
Post by: CleanerCarpets on December 31, 2015, 08:32:27 pm

Just found the Roots own oil on Ashbys website but its £12.50 postage  >:(