Oiler glass

Inside the Oiler Glass itself, there is a screw to make fine adjustments to the oil level. Within plus or minus 14 inch, I don t think the oil level is all that critical. 

It s easy to watch this problem develop. The oil level in the oiler glass increases due to the water, rather than slowly decrease, which is normal. 

The connection between the oiler glass and the bearing housing plugs. 

Moisture from the humid air drawn into the bearing housing condenses and displaces the oil upward into the oiler glass,... 

Many years ago, working as an outside operator during a strike (i.e., I was a scab), I noted that on some of my steam turbine-driven pumps, the level of oil in the oiler glasses rose perhaps Vito 1 inch every day. I actually thought that in some mysterious way, that lubrication oil was being produced inside the bearing housing. Of course, it was just water. 

I m older now, and much wiser. As discussed in the following section, use of an oil mist lubrication system eliminates all of the problems with erroneous oiler glass level indications and with moisture in the lube oil. 

My experience is only with the wet sump system for bearing lubrication. This means there is an oil level of several inches in the bearing housing. The oil level should be a fraction of an inch below the bottom face of the bearing. This level can be precisely controlled with a screw adjustment inside the oiler glass located on the side of the bearing housing. 

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Sometimes the oil level in the oiler cup or glass is quite high, but the real oil level in the bearing housing is too low. 1 can think of four factors that can cause this problem that result in pump bearing damage. 

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