Because Pell Oil is, indeed, a petroleum product, it's not meant for the spring powered airguns.
It will cause detonation, according to the airgun folks.
While it is recommended apparently for the other pump up guns
The web is wonderful.
Already found the answer.
Detergent oils have solvents in it, that can damage seals in our airguns.
Funny that it doesn't seem to harm engine seals, though.
Must be different materials.
Yes I read all the links! Very good info. I'm not sure where to find 30w non detergeant oil though... will it say on the bottle?Suggest you VERY lightly lube the outside "at least that that you can" of the cylinder with White Lithium grease. Will not harm the seals and much, much better than Pell Lube/30 weight non detergent oil.
Did you bother to do any searches on the links provided?
Believe me in the oil industry there is no super duper highly secret lubes produced in the far reaches of the universe by Elves keeping their blending secret, shipping small quanities via flying saucers undetected by man.
+1Believe me in the oil industry there is no super duper highly secret lubes produced in the far reaches of the universe by Elves keeping their blending secret, shipping small quanities via flying saucers undetected by man.
Thanks for the tip. I used the cleaning kit, seemed to go okay. I just used the .177 pieces and cotton patches w/ 91% rubbing alcohol. Seemed to get everything clean.If you haven't cleaned it yet, throw out that cleaning kit and just use some fishing line to pull some patches through there. If you use the cleaning kit be very, very, very careful with it, as airgun barrels tend to be softer than firearms barrels and easier to damage and affect accuracy. No need to use anything but a patch with a fishing line to pull it through.