Tuxing style compressor setup

I got my 110V tuxing style compressor last night and I thought I would give some insight on how I setup the compressor hoping to help out anyone out there who is looking to purchase one. I got mine from Aliexpress.com from LJ high pressure Co. Mine did not have the Tuxing branding but it is the same compressor.

Right off the bat let me recommend a shop vac for the unboxing. Mine had a pretty rough box but the styrofoam packing did a nice job of keeping everything protected but being banged around a bit the styrofoam coated the outside of the compressor and even inside the cover on the motor. I removed the caseing and blew it off with some compressed air and vaccuumed up the mess.

This next part is important. There is some residual oil left over from the factory’s initial test run. It looks like plain old motor oil. Tilt the machine back and get you a 10mm socket and remove the crankcase cover. Behind the crankcase is a rubber gasket. Get in there and soak up or suck up all the oil that you can. Manually move the piston so you expose as much of the cylinder as you can. I used a spray gun like from a cleaner bottle and misted some ISO VG 68 (just using this for break in, got some Chemlube 751 Iso vg 150 en route) oil into the cylinder, making sure to get the wrist pin and lastly on the rod to crank joint. I was upset to see that there are no roller bearings on the crank but it is what it is. I then reattached the crankcase cover making sure that the gasket stayed in the groove. Go on a fill her up with oil to the recommended level.

After that break out a couple wrenches and start screwing everything together. I used teflon tape on every joint. The oil/water separator has small o-rings to help with sealing, make sure you install them. The wider part of the seapartor should be on the hose side and the quick connect, that I had to remove from the hose so that I could attach it to the separtor, should go on the thinner side of the separator. Screw in the pressure gauge, ensure that the switch is off and plug it in. The water pump should be attached to the water inlet hose on the head. Make sure the lines are secured before dunking the pump and plugging in the pump beside the switch on the machine. Let the pump purge out all of the air from the head.

Now, You are ready to do a break in. Put in the plug on the end of the whip. I made sure both bleeders were opened. Flip the switch and be ready to cover your ears. The compressor is pretty loud. On par with a pancake compressor. Fortunately mine has the nice rubber suction feet so it didn’t vibrate around everywhere but it vibrates pretty good. I ran it for 5 minutes with no load, all the while watching the temperature climb slowly. After 5 minutes, I closed the low pressure bleeder on the side first, be careful cause it gets pretty hot. Then I closed the high pressure bleeder and watched the pressure climb on up to 4500psi. When it got to 4500 I opened the low pressure bleeder, the pressure on the gauge slowly goes down, then I opened the high pressure bleeder quickly. This is where the vapor comes out, you cant see it but you can feel it. I did this about 10 times then bleed it all the way down, let it run for 2 more minutes to push out any remnants of water in the pistons and shut it down. When I finished the 4 or so gallons of water were lukewarm and the temp gauge was reading 43C.

I did find a bit of water at the separator but the tampon felt dry, no oil stains but the oil is water clear right now. I think it is very important to run the compressor for a minute or 2 after you bleed off the air pressure so you get any water that may be in the cylinder out. I took this idea from reading the review of the carrette after the 24 hour torture test. I will say that I like this compressor so far. It gets the job done at a good price. I got the compressor 11 days from the time that I ordered it and I would have gotten it earlier if I hadn’t made a mistake when putting in my address. it shipped out April 5th and I got it on the 10th. The seller was great with communication as we had to go back and forth a couple times over my address. I plan to use this for direct fills on my Priest and I see a 2L tank in my near future. Can’t speak about longevity yet but I think the operator will determine this more than anything. This compressor has to be monitored and some smarts while operating.

Hope this helps.