What color is supercharger oil supposed to be?

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Feb 6, 2003 | 10:44 PM

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What color is supercharger oil supposed to be?

What color is supercharger oil supposed to be?

Feb 6, 2003 | 11:29 PM

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Supercharger oil in the supercharger looks like new motor oil. New supercharger oil is clear.

Mar 14, 2003 | 10:54 PM

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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.

Apr 17, 2003 | 07:57 PM

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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!

Apr 17, 2003 | 08:21 PM

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...i'll change it with my mommy'* turkey baster!

Just before Easter too...

LOL...sorry, couldn't resist

Apr 21, 2003 | 08:26 AM

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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?

Apr 21, 2003 | 02:15 PM

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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.