I have mine for about 3 years now. I love it. I use it in my small shop in my home. I replaced the air regulator with a ball valve and ran a separate wall mounted regulator with a built-in water separator. BTW, I keep mine charged at all times. I just close the ball valve when I'm not using it.
Thanks for your review. I came here to find out about filling in the oil. I emptied the entire bottle that I received with it, when I purchased it at Amazon one year ago. I've been using the compressor ever since, and it is an awesome little machine, strong and quiet. Today, it looked as if it needed more oil, when it had a hard time keeping up the set pressure for my floor nailer. You said in your review, it does not really matter whether if the oil is above the red dot.... but, it does. Since the reason why I watched your video was exactly to find out what the proper amount of oil would be, I trusted you and put oil in above the red dot. Now I know that it does matter a lot: at the next compression, it sputtered oil all over the place out of the filler lid. I had to siphon some of the excess oil out again, to make it behave. So, all of you users out there, beware! Do not overfill that oil reservoir. Only up to the red dot!
Thank you! I know so little I could not figure out where or what the air filter was or what to do. I had hoped the Makita directions would include a diagram and instructions, but no. Your little film helped me a lot!.
I have this same compressor but only use it once in awhile. Have seen a few people with air dryers, but I don't paint or have heavy air tool use, so I have no need. I always drain the air after use to prevent moisture and rust. Takes less than 2 minutes to fill when I need it. I had no issue reading the manual and setup. Will be building a cart with a hose reel and room for air tools next week. Several Vids here on Air Compressor carts.
I never understand why compressor companies do not protect the air line coming from the cylinder pump to the air tank. Perfect design and set up minus that. Most would not care about the line issue, but i do since it will be traveling in my rig all the time. Take care.
Nicely done video. Very helpful. I love the initial build quality of the Makita, but the operating instruction manual that came with from Makita was horrible. It was all text and I had to go back and forth between the all-text instructions and the separate exploded view diagram.
Video was very helpful. However, when I started my new compressor up after the 20minute break in, the tank pressure did not increase at all, but the pressure gauge at the pressure switch increased to the'cut out' pressure of approx. 130 psig and did turn off. Any ideas as to why the tank gauge is not working? Thanks again for your time to make the video, as instructions were not that good..
After reading so much about little compressors, that makita is the best one, oil lubed compressors are better, and that big bore with low rpms means your compressor will run cooler and will last longer than any other compressor, damn i wish i could get it here in colombia because importing it is expensive anyway i will try it later... nice video
Thank you for the comment. It has been almost a year since I bought it and it is still going strong. I used it with for my air nailer and other general light use. I love it!
Unrelated question; Why do S. American countries impose such huge import fees on non-domestic products? I found this issue you mentioned in both Ecuador and Costa Rica as well. Also why the huge lines at the Banks? You would think its their money the way they make you wait for it!
+Alejo Cuchia I agree 100% Every oil-less compressor I've owned has been junk. They are touted as "maintenance free" but changing the oil out everyonce in a while isn't much of a hassle considering an oil-lubed compressor will last a long time if cared for.
Could should not really cause any problem. Is it totally dead, electrically and mechanically? Can you turn it over by hand? Have you tried another outlet ( mine will pop the circuit breaker some times).
K, The instructions do not show where to hook up hose. Thanks for showing relief valve. so does anything shoiw where to put the hose? Sorry, my first compressor. and look carefully. Nothing to do with how to use it.
I am now at 2:38, and the first minute and a half is irrelevant, then you say it does not matter how to fill the oil, or something to that effect, then you declare that it does not matter how much oil is in it... the manual says "fill it so that the gauge floats near the center of the little control window", so it seems to me that it does matter! Going to find another video! Sorry! Try and be more precise next time! If you don't want to do this for "newbies", there is no need for it.... old pros don't need this video! No hard feelings!
