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<blockquote data-quote="Shelbyman" data-source="post: 14115582" data-attributes="member: 156611"><p><strong>Changed the oil in my supercharger yesterday.</strong></p><p></p><p>I have an 04 Cobra with 11600 miles. Its 10 years old so I wanted to change the oil even though it has low miles. I read this thread which is great and I would like to add some details that I learned. I got the GM supercharger oil along with a syringe from Amazon...cheapest I could find. When I pulled the plug the oil did come out...so use rags stuffed down below the fill hole. Not sure how they get more oil in there to begin with at the factory but there is no way you can when you refill. And my engine was cold.</p><p></p><p>The syringe is good...works well BUT the hose on it is too big to get in the hole in the blower. IF you aren't getting much oil out then you are NOT getting your hose to the bottom of the reservoir. Its just going in and hitting against the gears in the housing. I had the same issue. I solved the problem by stepping down the hose size. I had some various size hose around so I stepped down 2 sizes...just insert one inside the other...just a snug fit is all you need. Then I was able to bend the smallest hose and work it down to the bottom of the reservoir and got out a good amount of oil...maybe close to 8oz. The color of it was medium amber without much smell but my car has not been driven hard. Anyway got all of it out that I could.</p><p></p><p>The new oil is virtually clear...I could detect NO color what so ever. I wish it had some dye in it so I could tell when the reservoir was full. I mean I could tell some was coming out but would have been easier if it had some color. I think the easiest way to add the new oil is to use the syringe and pull it out of the oil bottle. I tried another way but this was the easiest and cleanest. I put back in almost the complete 2 bottles...so I would guess about 7.5 oz. Had some spillage when it came back out but thats to be expected.</p><p></p><p>That was about it...the rags did well catching the spilled oil so you need them. And you need the smaller hoses to make it work right. These are great threads and I appreciate everyone posting these how to's. Good luck!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shelbyman, post: 14115582, member: 156611"] [b]Changed the oil in my supercharger yesterday.[/b] I have an 04 Cobra with 11600 miles. Its 10 years old so I wanted to change the oil even though it has low miles. I read this thread which is great and I would like to add some details that I learned. I got the GM supercharger oil along with a syringe from Amazon...cheapest I could find. When I pulled the plug the oil did come out...so use rags stuffed down below the fill hole. Not sure how they get more oil in there to begin with at the factory but there is no way you can when you refill. And my engine was cold. The syringe is good...works well BUT the hose on it is too big to get in the hole in the blower. IF you aren't getting much oil out then you are NOT getting your hose to the bottom of the reservoir. Its just going in and hitting against the gears in the housing. I had the same issue. I solved the problem by stepping down the hose size. I had some various size hose around so I stepped down 2 sizes...just insert one inside the other...just a snug fit is all you need. Then I was able to bend the smallest hose and work it down to the bottom of the reservoir and got out a good amount of oil...maybe close to 8oz. The color of it was medium amber without much smell but my car has not been driven hard. Anyway got all of it out that I could. The new oil is virtually clear...I could detect NO color what so ever. I wish it had some dye in it so I could tell when the reservoir was full. I mean I could tell some was coming out but would have been easier if it had some color. I think the easiest way to add the new oil is to use the syringe and pull it out of the oil bottle. I tried another way but this was the easiest and cleanest. I put back in almost the complete 2 bottles...so I would guess about 7.5 oz. Had some spillage when it came back out but thats to be expected. That was about it...the rags did well catching the spilled oil so you need them. And you need the smaller hoses to make it work right. These are great threads and I appreciate everyone posting these how to's. Good luck!! [/QUOTE]
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