Smoking fridge compressor

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Okay so I'm in the process of building a piston valve paintball gun with a homemade regulator, and I need to be able to fill my sodastream bottle to ~600 psi. For this I bought a fridge compressor and attached a hard start module. I have two questions. 1: Why does my fridge compressor belch smoke out of the air outlet and what can I do to fix this? 2: I drained the oil out of the compressor somehow and need to fill it up with standard non-hygroscopic compressor oil. Can I do this without cutting the compressor open?
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Tue Jun 06, 2017 3:47 am

to be honest I don't know the answers on your questions but I really want to see that gun, when you finished it, so I hope that moment will come soon :D
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Tue Jun 06, 2017 6:36 am

Point 2 answers question 1! Compressors need oil, otherwise they tend to smoke!

How much oil, who knows bar the manufacturer. I'd get another compressor
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Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:46 pm

I drained the oil out of the compressor somehow and need to fill it up with standard non-hygroscopic compressor oil. Can I do this without cutting the compressor open?
If you drained it without cutting it open, surely you can refill it?
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Glad that Fridge Compressors for HPA have reached the Eastern Front :D
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