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What color is supercharger oil supposed to be?

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Old 02-06-2003, 10:44 PM
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Old 02-06-2003, 11:29 PM
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Supercharger oil in the supercharger looks like new motor oil. New supercharger oil is clear.
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Wow, I just found out what it is not supposed to look like at 40k on my 98 SSEI, it stinks nasty too.
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mine is black...like...totally black...dat must not be a good sign....hmmmm! only 56000 miles on zee beast...i'll change it with my mommy'* turkey baster!

ha ha ha!

very evil bean!
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...i'll change it with my mommy'* turkey baster!
Just before Easter too...

LOL...sorry, couldn't resist
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Just before Easter too...

LOL...sorry, couldn't resist

yeah, hope it works! do i need two bottles of the fluid if i want to flush it?
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I think it holds close to one, so depending on how many times you want to flush it, I would buy that many bottles plus one extra.

See the procedure in Techinfo.
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yeah it holds just under 1 bottle....fill it up to the bottom of the threads you put the hexnut in.
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