I put everything in a large 5 litre (1.3 gallon) heated ultrasonic cleaner and did a dual wash at 80 degrees C (176F) with Simple Green and the second wash in Simple Green Crystal, then a final rinse in fresh water. However, if you are prepared to pull the entire compressor down and clean all the things mentioned above, you can do the change as I have done on my system. Bauer suggests that only within the first 100 hours can you change from mineral to synthetic oil. The issue with changing from Mineral to synthetic is that all of the carbon build up from the intercooling tubes, separators, barrels, heads and valves will loosen and work its way into your filtration system in time. For the crankcase, I heated it up and drained it and then filled it with synthetic oil and ran it for 5 hours. Mineral oil has a lower flash point, so more chance of explosion when introducing higher oxygen content into the intake. However, I always felt that it was only a matter of time before I blew myself up because the little Oceanus compressors do spin fast and run hot. I used to run mineral oil in my little Bauer Oceanus and it probably ran for about 10 hours while I continuously blended nitrox to 32%.
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