aarongough
Stainless
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2014
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
Hey guys,
Question for other Fadal owners out there... How often do you have to refill the oil on your machines? I recently put a Fadal VMC15 back into service, this machine has the PDI lube pump system and it just *drinks* oil... It's already half emptied the lube reservoir and I've only been running it for a couple of weeks. The bottom of the enclosure is getting covered in oil as well.
It's building full pressure when it cycles the lube pump, which I *believe* means that there are no serious leaks before the metering units, otherwise it would all just leak out there and the system would not hold pressure?
Just curious if something is wrong or if this is expected. Given the current rate of consumption it looks like I'll be going through a gallon of Vactra #2 every 2-3 months or so which seems crazy?? The stroke on the lube reservoir is set to the maximum setting, are other people's lube pumps setup the same way?
-Aaron
Question for other Fadal owners out there... How often do you have to refill the oil on your machines? I recently put a Fadal VMC15 back into service, this machine has the PDI lube pump system and it just *drinks* oil... It's already half emptied the lube reservoir and I've only been running it for a couple of weeks. The bottom of the enclosure is getting covered in oil as well.
It's building full pressure when it cycles the lube pump, which I *believe* means that there are no serious leaks before the metering units, otherwise it would all just leak out there and the system would not hold pressure?
Just curious if something is wrong or if this is expected. Given the current rate of consumption it looks like I'll be going through a gallon of Vactra #2 every 2-3 months or so which seems crazy?? The stroke on the lube reservoir is set to the maximum setting, are other people's lube pumps setup the same way?
-Aaron