Oil change on a Makita MAC5200 Air Compressor using synthetic air compressor oil. Simple maintenance. Change the oil every 300 hours. Sound test and basic review.
I bought this compressor when they first came out, probably 4 + years ago. I've never changed the oil, and I run it daily as a contractor, often all day long, with multiple guns, we spray paint with it, running all day everyday for weeks. It just keeps going, I'm going to change the oil tomorrow, she's earned it.
I really like this compressor and that I can run two big nail guns on it parallel and not run out of air, but what I think is really poorly designed is that the oil seams to run out of the compressor when you tip it up. The design seems perfect for tipping it up to save space in a trailer, but I noticed that I had a little puddle of oil. At first I didn't notice where it was coming from, but I later noticed that the compressor was leaking oil. It would have been perfect had Maktia thought about that. It comes so natural to tip it up (also, I don't think it has feet for that purpose, which would have been the next improvement.) Thanks for this video. I was actually looking for an oil substitute (because I'm now on a pinch and I can't go to the store to pick up oil due to COVID lockdown).
@@NotAMotoVlog Did you check to see if the black plastic shroud around the motor is vibrating badly against the air filter? Mine does that and makes a heck of a racket. I shoved a wooden wedge in there to keep the two apart and it made it a lot quieter.
My Makita "hot dog" style compressor oil concerns me. Why does the oil get so dark? There is no combustion taking place, to me it looks like bearings going south. This oil sb clean, why does the oil get dark and metallic looking?
I never changed the oil in my MAC2400 after 11 years of use. (I'm a contractor). My tank started leaking today because of rust I very rarely drained the water. I think I got my money worth.
That’s weird that the big Makita is that loud, my MAC700 is damn near silent in comparison to normal compressors. It’s a low pitched hum vs the annoying high pitched noise everyone is used to hearing. Also the Makita’s are amazing quality from what I’ve put mine through. I work for a water company and last weekend I ran the MAC700 for 6.5 hours straight (we have hour meters for the air compressor power supply) to fill up a 6000 gallon pressure tank half water half air at 60 psi. Definitely changed the oil right after that haha
@@robertopics The MAC700 & MAC2400 both run the motor at half the rpm, 4 pole instead of 2 pole of the MAC5200. Thus they sound more like quieter lawnmowers or 4 stroke engine instead of a chiller room.
This one is particularly loud, because it sounds like it has a common problem for that model. The black plastic shroud around the motor vibrates badly and hits against the air filter at high speed. and sounds just like this one. If you grab the shroud, the noise instantly cuts in half. I tried trimming mine so it would clear better, but eventually shoves a wooden wedge between the two and that keeps it a lot quieter.
Oil change every 3 months in the manual? That's insane. Who does that? I put Amsoil SAE 20 weight in mine. But now I've got to ask the company what to do if the temp fluctuates from 70-85deg.... what an odd temp range for the oils. Definitely a 90dB air compressor. Great cfm tho for portables. Runs a stapler like it's imaginary.
Larson never leave a compressor closed off for long periods of time that is how rust builds up and weakens the tank. A rusty tank can explode. If you have not ever seen a tank explode it like a grande or mortar round going off. This is why I never buy a used compressors.
