Broom Wade -1960's - Oil Sludged

[Chris F]

Hello everyone,

Happy New Year and all that!

I have a 60's BroomWade compressor.. been using it quite a bit over the last few months. Works great, however, just gone to drain it and found 2" deep sludge in the bottom.

The bottom drain plug is completely seized and the side plug, (think its meant to be the one for releasing pressure after use), is the only one I can open up. Have drained at least 3ltrs of water.

Question is, how best can I effectively clean out the oil sludge? Research suggests the wrong oil has been used over the years, (previous owner was a car mechanic and owned it over 40 years, he suggested just using car engine oil..), and it has seeped in to create the sludge.

Am I best off removing everything from the receiver and dropping diesel in to thin it and drain out?

Thank you,
Chris

 

[Chris F]

Some photos. Video to follow

 

[Chris F]

 

[pedrobedro]

Switch the compressor on, then release the plug and stand back (Thinning it then tip the compressor a bit might be a better idea)

 

[Chris F]

Switch the compressor on, then release the plug and stand back (Thinning it then tip the compressor a bit might be a better idea)

Would doing that push a lot of it out? It weighs about 10474292 tons so anything that saves me from taking the thing apart would be preferred

 

[badabec]

I've told you a million times to stop exaggerating

 

[Seadog]

I had the same problem with a 1969 I-R compressor. The sludge was much thicker than yours and probably four inches of it in the bottom of the receiver. I stripped the whole thing for a rebuild and used Screwfix water soluble degreaser over a period of a few weeks during the rebuild. I think I got it pretty clean in the end. Re the oil. Piston pumps should be run on a straight grade non-detergent oil. They get hot enough to carbonize the additives in engine oils which gums up your valves.

Rebuild thread - https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/ingersoll-rand-compressor-resurrection.99662/

 

[Chris F]

There is this big plug looking thing on the side, reckon that will unscrew?

Thank you for the advice guys, much appreciated. Best forum I've found ever!

Love the Ingersol rebuild. Nice work - I've just stripped and rebuilt an 80 year old Kerry pillar drill.. about as far as my skills go up to now

 

[Seadog]

Thank you. I never intended to go that far. But CV19 etc. etc...

That plug could be a bugger to remove but will come out.

 

[brightspark]

heat it up suficient and it will remove . a big pair of stillies and a hammer as well