Hydrovane compressor hissey fit

[ace]

It just dumped blue liquid all over the floor, so now what? Is it fixable?
What is the blue stuff? Oil? Coolant? Is it flammable, corrosive?

 

[Rig Pig]

Sounds like hydrovane oil, where has it come from? You need to find the sorce of the leak.

 

[ace]

Uunderside of the compressor housing, it's run down the tank and onto the floor, from a quick glance I couldn't tell any more.
I guess I'll need to get the housing off to have a sensible look.

It's a Hydrovane 15, if that's relavant.

 

[ace]

Closer look, it's leaked from the annular vent grill.
I went to start stripping, but it was chucking it down, and to get to the compressor enough to really work on it I'd have needed to put a few bits outside, in the rain. I wasn't keen to have wet stuff in there, so I left it for the time being. Hopefully find time to get back in there this weekend.

 

[rich the mechanic]

I would check every thing once the leak is found the one at work stopped a while back and the floor was covered took 2 months to sort the parts.