My point was that seeing oil past the compression stage is not.
Air compressor leaking oil from head.
It might be worth while to let it go and keep an eye on it for a bit but just to clarify when i said that most air compressors pump oil i did not mean that they pump it out through the head gasket.
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Excessive oil in the chamber if there is more oil in the chamber than necessary the excess oil will obviously leak from the chamber.
While this symptom can also indicate other problems contaminants in the system bad shaft seal high head pressures it can be the result of oil leaking from the shaft seal as it dries up from not being used and gathering around the clutch pulley until being used.