Does anybody have any experience with there being lead in the paint that coats the inside of an oil reservoir?
We have any Ingersoll/Rand pump with no lead containing components in it but, are seeing 83 ppm of lead in our analysis results. It is a small pump that holds appx. 2 qts. of oil with no external feeds i.e. coolers. It has a brass slinger ring, rolling elements bearings, brass oil seals.
The only thing we can think of is that the reservoir is coated with a lead based paint that is leeching or flaking off into the sample.
A brass alloy could possibly have lead in it but, at what concentration? We do see elevated copper, more than likely off the slinger ring. This pump is a problem child.
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