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Offline panayoti

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chamber oil
« on: January 31, 2010, 12:08:53 PM »
can't seem to find any around Tulsa.

i know you are supposed to use the $12 per 1/2 oz snake oil.

i know petrolem based oils will combust and leave a residue

will break free work in a pinch ? or some other synthetic oil work ?

i tore my airhawk completely down and gave a good cleaning.

i have no chamber oil
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Offline dave

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Re: chamber oil
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2010, 12:52:18 PM »
You don't need chamber oil. Never put any combustibile petroleum products in the air chamber. Chamber oil is a carry over from when guns had leather seals. Its mostly silicone oil, and was used to keep the leather seal pliable. Most newer guns have synthetic seals that don't need this oil.
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Re: chamber oil
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 02:34:34 PM »
ok thanks for the info DAVE
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Re: chamber oil
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 04:07:25 AM »
Oil no, molly paste yes.  You just want to add a bit of molly paste to you main seal and piston, and JM tar, if you got to the outside of the main spring.

Jim
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Re: chamber oil
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2010, 03:51:22 PM »
I don't know about the Airhawk but Crosman recommends their own chamber oil for their Chinese synthetic seal springers and RWS also makes chamber oil that isn't too hard to find by mail order. IIRC Crosman recommends using chamber oil about every 250 shots for seal longevity.
If in doubt I would use something rather than nothing because I don't see how using it can hurt.
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