s10blazed
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Funny I came across this thread on here. A buddy of mine and I just recently bench tested a Harrison 519 air compressor. It is stock on 6 cylinder S-10s. He had been doing some tests on a Sanden 5 and has Yorks around too. The air flow of a Sanden 5 is right on par with that of a York 209 in small volumes. We've noticed this compressor doesn't fair too well in a tank over 5 gallons though. It drops considerable cfm the higher the volume of the tank is. It's a mean pump on 2 gallons though. One of the tests he had been doing on his Sanden is running is with high temperature grease. We ran my Harrison pump with regular 10-w30 and tranny fluid in the oiler. It didn't like the tranny fluid as much as the thicker oil. It made it run much quieter and smoother. I eliminated my A/C system in my truck but kept the A/C compressor to keep my stock pulleys in tact but figured why let it go to waste? I would love to just add it into the air supply system I already have but I am setup with 12.5 gallons. This compressor will get hot and stay hot trying to fill that much volume. Instead, I think I am going to use it to fill a smaller tank (~2 gals) and boost my other compressors. Right now I have a York 209 and a ViAir 450 (with plumbing and wiring for 2, but not the $$). I also have a SCUBA tank mounted and plumbed, but I don't have it filled yet. With the Sanden, a cheap trickle oiler might not do the trick. We noticed that just letting it trickle didn't keep it running as smooth as it should. We often added oil manually and noticed an instant change. It seems its made to have a constant flow of oil through it. Or grease