Do they market any of the US GM supercharged models in Europe? They would have to stock it since they consider SC oil changes to be a maintenance item as opposed to sealed for life.

You might try finding a seller on the ebay.com US web site that will ship to the EU. Always tell them to ship via USPS to avoid the outrageous customs brokerage fees imposed by private carriers.

Have you seen the price of good olive oil in the colonies?

 

Plums - I'd happily swap litre for litre olive oil for pentosin or s/c oil.
Excuse my (usual) ignorance but GM is Chevrolet isn't it? Can anyone name a s/c GM car?
-although the name may also be changed for the European market.

 

Vegetable oil is very good, problem is that it doesn't last long.

You can get the supercharger oil at BMW for the mini cooper s if you like. I believe peugeot has a superchaged car as well.

But remember, the supercharger gear case is nothing special at all and only revs at 14k rpm max so the mentioned engine oil will work as well.

 

Pontiac GTO = probably a Holden or Vauxhall for you
Pontiac G8 = Vauxhall VXR8
Cadillac CTS-V = Cadillac CTS-V

There is another thread about this topic: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ectancy-53729/

There are aeroplanes on the other side of the pond, yes? The turbine oil is not much more expensive than the GM stuff is in the US.

 

Very helpful info, thanks. The cost of air freight from the US is usually more than the bits!
The only time it worked for Jag bits was a set of Bosch plugs which are outrageously expensive here.
I'll look into Vauxhalls.

I can't resist a true story when some American friends were over here.
This is the Limousin where the famous brown cows come from and also the Limousine which was a horse drawn carriage with a curtain between the driver + passengers so he couldn't see the goings-on.
The other common cattle are the white Charolais.

Leaning on a gate the wife, looking at a field of brown cows, says 'Gee aren't those Chevrolets?'
'No, actually they're Limousines'

 

The chevrolets in europe are the former daewoo models. They merged so daewoo became chevrolet. Not sure if the V8 models are available through the same dealers, but Opel will give you a good chance allthough the dealers in France can be a pain if you need some help.

 

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Happy Motoring...

 

If you are after the complete kit look at Ebay item number 160676739255

I checked on the french version of the site and they are quoting 30.83 euro + 4.82 euro post.

 

get your vote in.

 

Having no detailed prior service record on my car (only fully stamped regular service book), I decided to change the supercharger oil today, using the kit from XKZ Parts.

It was a bit tricky to get the plug out at first, space is very limited. But once the O-Ring is depressed, one can easily unscrew the plug with the fingers. I managed to get some 150-160ml of badly stinking coffee-colored substance out of the thing. One has to fiddle around a bit with the hose, to get it to pass properly into the sump. At first try, you'll only manage to stick it in about 1cm. Then fiddle around a bit, trying various angles and forces, and it will slip in another 3-4cm, enabling you to get all the oil out with the syringe. Then, using the syringe, just fill it up with the fresh oil, until the oil is level with the screw threads in the filler opening.

As someone mentioned, a rag under the plug is good to have when filling up. I also had the rag there during unscrewing the plug, in case I would slip and drop the allen key or the plug. It could easily get lost/stuck down there, it is a very tight space.

Will check the power and MPGs (Massive Power Grin's) later tonight. I doubt it would make much of a difference, since the old oil didn't look that bad. Only the smell was terrible, really.