GX CS4 add water to grease pot??

[Buck_Wild]

Hi everyone! My CS4 has been a workhorse for the last 50 hours of run time up until the weather got cold. Now that the temperature dropped and the unit is in my garage, when turning it on it pumps very very slowly. I cleaned the check valve located underneath the burst disc as well as the check valve located in the steel pipe coming from the head to no avail. I found a video from Jason at GX that recommended to add water to the grease pot to flush out any debris or possibly excess grease from the internal check valve located within the high-pressure piston (which requires disassembly to clean or replace)

Has anybody tried this method yet and what were your results?

 

[ImpactX]

The grease pot is for grease only to lube the piston. Why on earth would you want to put water in there and get water into the system where it shouldn't be. The only place the water should be is in the cooling tank to cool the compressor heads. Just cause you see someone doing something doesn't mean you follow. Monkey see monkey do lol

 

[Ta-Ta Toothie]

There was a discussion somewhere on here, but I believe no one tried that. If anything, everyone mocked that idea... Just an idea, let the compressor warm up in the house and then bring it back to the garage and see what happens.

 

[Ta-Ta Toothie]

There was an actual video posted by GX for this silly idea.

 

[Buck_Wild]

Well, after letting the compressor run in its current state for about five minutes I removed the check valve underneath the burst disc and to my surprise water droplets were being pushed out. There’s water in there to begin with due to compression.

I, like you, had the same train of thought of why in the world would you put water in the grease pot?

I haven’t tried it, but I’m curious if anybody else has.

 

[Buck_Wild]

Ta Ta…. it was your thread that I read extensively and you had one member poo poo the idea for about five pages long without understanding how the unit works. He was under the impression that the crank and bearings get greased from the grease pot. Anyone who has searched for teardown videos, will quickly understand that it is completely impossible to grease the crank and bearings from the grease pot.

As for now, I run the compressor without the check valve installed for 10 minutes to warm it up then I turn it off, reinstall the check valve and the machine starts to pump normally.

 

[Ta-Ta Toothie]

Why not just store the compressor in the house, bring it out to the garage and fire it up while it still warm. Even your standard shop compressors don't like starting up in cold weather with straight weight oil.

 

[Ta-Ta Toothie]

By the way, congrats on 50 hours. I'm just shy of that.

 

[Buck_Wild]

I’ll give it a shot, but I don’t have a lot of confidence that’s going to help much

 

[FLgunner]

I have done this and it worked. Mine was slowing down quite a bit and after watching Jason's video, I gave it a try and after it was back to pumping like when it was new. I suspect too much grease gets into the works and this cleans it out so you can start fresh. I also thought it sounded a bit counter productive, but like I said, it actually worked for me.

 

[Buck_Wild]

Excellent news! Thank you for being the lone wolf! I’ll give it a shot this weekend.

Did you have to add grease after performing the procedure? Half turn? Full turn? Leave it alone and continue with the normal grease schedule (1 turn every 4-6 hours)?

 

[Gerry52]

Scary! It DOES sound counterintuitive but I know nothing about GSX4.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Scary! It DOES sound counterintuitive but I know nothing about GSX4.

Sounds like something they tell you so your rebuying another one after doing it..lol

 

[88turbocoupe]

Hi everyone! My CS4 has been a workhorse for the last 50 hours of run time up until the weather got cold. Now that the temperature dropped and the unit is in my garage, when turning it on it pumps very very slowly. I cleaned the check valve located underneath the burst disc as well as the check valve located in the steel pipe coming from the head to no avail. I found a video from Jason at GX that recommended to add water to the grease pot to flush out any debris or possibly excess grease from the internal check valve located within the high-pressure piston (which requires disassembly to clean or replace)

Has anybody tried this method yet and what were your results?

if that is the way it should be flushed, they would have stated that from the company who makes the compressor.
Remember the old saying, they mix like water and oil all i see is black death for that compressor coming from adding water to a grease port.
old school bad idea.