heyyou910 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 (edited) Just picked up a champion crank blower and I read somewhere online a while back that the tub of these blowers should be filled with oil about 1/4 up from the bottom. I'm thinking some heavy gear grease on the cogs is about all it needs, but just want to make sure I'm using this old piece like it was meant to be. I noticed another post regarding a little of this but didnt get into a lot of detail. Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse here Any ideas? Thanks a bunch Edited March 28, 2009 by heyyou910 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Generally, most blowers take grease only on roller bearings (if they have them) and were designed to run with some amount of oil. For example, a Champion 400 or any of their roller bearing models should have fresh grease in the bearings on the sides and a few drops of oil inside. I have a no-name blower with a fill plug on top and a drain plug about 1/4 up on the case. I have to pull both plugs and fill with oil until it starts running out of the bottom, then plug it (same principle as a differential on a car). Other blowers have an oiler on top and are designed to be "dosed" every so often. These do not benefit from any additional oil beyond a few squirts as they will simply leak the excess. I use plain old automatic transmission fluid for oil and it works just fine at all temperatures (plus it's readily available and cheap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meancoyote Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I put motor oil in mine, seems to work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I have an old buffalo hand crank, I use 3 in 1 oil for the gears.... also for the motors in my shop... and many other things.. drill lube.... smells good doesn't stain.. and not flammable as far as I can tell.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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