Supercharger oil change - pics
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Supercharger oil change - pics
I changed to oil in my supercharger today. Not difficult, but I did have to make a special sized tubing attached to a 2 oz syringe to get into the fill hole and suck out the old oil.
I stepped the tubing down from 1/4" or so to about 1/8" using heat shrink tubing. Anything bigger than that wouldn't get far enough into the hole to be able to remove the old oil. It is about the same outside diameter as the red tube on a can of WD-40.
THIS IS IMPORTANT: You also have to stick the tube in the fill hole at a downward angle. If you try to put it straight in, it hits something and you won't get be able to get all of the oil out of the supercharger. Folks who say they could only get 2 oz or so of oil out are using too big a tube and sticking it straight in. (I know, don't go there! LOL)
I was able to get 7 oz. of old oil out of the supercharger and it was the color of very, very dark coffee. My car just turned 60K miles.
I used almost two 4 oz bottles of GM supercharger oil from my local Chevy dealer, $10.89 a bottle plus tax.
When you do it, pack the area below the fill hole with paper towels to catch the overflow when you fill. A flex drive for the 3/16" hex bit would have been nice to have too because it is very close quarters when the fill hole drain plug is being removed and installed.
Pics of the old oil, GM oil and my "oil extraction tool" below.
I stepped the tubing down from 1/4" or so to about 1/8" using heat shrink tubing. Anything bigger than that wouldn't get far enough into the hole to be able to remove the old oil. It is about the same outside diameter as the red tube on a can of WD-40.
THIS IS IMPORTANT: You also have to stick the tube in the fill hole at a downward angle. If you try to put it straight in, it hits something and you won't get be able to get all of the oil out of the supercharger. Folks who say they could only get 2 oz or so of oil out are using too big a tube and sticking it straight in. (I know, don't go there! LOL)
I was able to get 7 oz. of old oil out of the supercharger and it was the color of very, very dark coffee. My car just turned 60K miles.
I used almost two 4 oz bottles of GM supercharger oil from my local Chevy dealer, $10.89 a bottle plus tax.
When you do it, pack the area below the fill hole with paper towels to catch the overflow when you fill. A flex drive for the 3/16" hex bit would have been nice to have too because it is very close quarters when the fill hole drain plug is being removed and installed.
Pics of the old oil, GM oil and my "oil extraction tool" below.
Last edited by Vector; 08-15-2012 at 04:54 PM.
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WD-40 straw, syringe, paper towel packing, dark coffee?
Sounds real familiar:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...e-notes-57136/
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Sounds real familiar:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...e-notes-57136/
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Last edited by plums; 09-04-2011 at 11:32 PM.
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WD-40 straw, syringe, paper towel packing, dark coffee?
Sounds real familiar:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...e-notes-57136/
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Sounds real familiar:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...e-notes-57136/
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I do think I added some good info though......photos, prices, flex drive, proper insertion, ect.
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In addition, the GM superchargers are Eaton superchargers. Both the M90 and M112.
It's an open "secret" on all of the Mustang boards. The GM oil is even cheaper than the Ford oil, which is also often on backorder.
Walk in to any GM dealer, ask for it and the parts guy won't even need to lookup the part number.
Don't know why everyone says it smells bad though.
@Sean ... how about 3 GBP
It's an open "secret" on all of the Mustang boards. The GM oil is even cheaper than the Ford oil, which is also often on backorder.
Walk in to any GM dealer, ask for it and the parts guy won't even need to lookup the part number.
Don't know why everyone says it smells bad though.
@Sean ... how about 3 GBP
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Thanks to this thread, i was able to get another 1.8 oz of fluid using the wd-40 straw and a smaller syringe I had lying around. The 1/4 diameter tube did the first 4.5 oz, but couldn't go to the 'left' of whatever obstruction was directly in front of the fill hole. The straw did, and found another sump area over there containing fluid.
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