My pneumatic hardwood flooring nailer has begun to leak oil. There is some oil residue under the strike cap, around the exhaust port, and spots on the subfloor in front of where I have driven a cleat. The nailer is working fine and has no other problems. I don't know what type of maintenance to perform. Replace o-rings, seals or what? From the blogs I have seen this is not uncommon and these tools do require periodic maintenance. I am oiling per the instruction manual.
Hardwood Flooring Nailer Leaking Oil
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My first guess is that you are oiling too much. I use oil about 1/10th of what the manufacturer recommends.
Nick
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Agreed . You just need a couple of drops.
wait a minute, youre supposed to oil those guns!? lol!
^this
Kidding aside, much as I hate it. 
............it's different with air wrenches and mechanic's tools. It' a rare day when my pinner gets oiled. I worry about oil gettin on finished surfaces, so I don't probably put more than a drop or two of oil in the connection port when I feel it needs it. Now, I don't use my air tools day in , day out like a cabinet shop would, but that said, I agree with the others. Much less than the manufacturer says. Or simply much less than you are now using.
My nephew works in a cabinet shop. I'll ask him about how often they oil their tools.
............it's different with air wrenches and mechanic's tools. It' a rare day when my pinner gets oiled. I worry about oil gettin on finished surfaces, so I don't probably put more than a drop or two of oil in the connection port when I feel it needs it. Now, I don't use my air tools day in , day out like a cabinet shop would, but that said, I agree with the others. Much less than the manufacturer says. Or simply much less than you are now using.
My nephew works in a cabinet shop. I'll ask him about how often they oil their tools.
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