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Colyton, NSW
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Supercharger Oil
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Wed, 15 May 2002 08:26
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Hi People!
I heard you can use normal automatic transmission oil for my SC12 .. is this alright in your opinion???
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Canberra, ACT
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May 2002
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Wed, 15 May 2002 09:55
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This probably seems like a real dumb question, but where abouts would I put the supercharger oil once I have it? I is there some cap that you unscrew or something??
I have a AE101gze if that helps...
Thanks
-Andrew
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Colyton, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Wed, 15 May 2002 10:04
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right near fire there is a yellow butterfly nut.. undo this.. u ill find the oil dip stick... (hard to get to in a rolla)
take it out...
drain from bottom of charger... bolt.. similar to oil sump...
access from underneath the car...
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place bolt in sump bolt and fill super charger with oil (yet to be answered) .. you will need a syringe with a tube so u can place in hole and fill!
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Location:
Canberra, ACT
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May 2002
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Wed, 15 May 2002 10:09
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Ahh cool, thanks man, I think I'll change the charger oil at the same time I do my oil change. How often should it be done?
-Andrew
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Colyton, NSW
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May 2002
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Location:
Auckland, New Zealand
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Thu, 16 May 2002 12:03
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Apparently 'FORD' makes suitable supercharger oil at a significantly cheaper price than 'TOYOTA' sell it. Worth a try if you haven't changed it already.
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N.S.W
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May 2002
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Location:
Colyton, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Thu, 16 May 2002 13:31
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i'll be taking you up on that there comment twinky...
if u have a spare charger...
a) are u willing to part with it?
b) how much are willing to part with it for?
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Thu, 16 May 2002 15:18
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troy
well as my bro said i use mobile 1 and that works fine, i reckon though u could use any oil,
yea we have a spare charger but its stuffed remember that one i should u at sss in my car.
whats wrong with ur charger??
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Canberra
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Thu, 16 May 2002 22:13
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I spent a fair bit of time looking into this and couldn't find any firm answers. Eventually I bought 75W90 synthetic gear oil and stuck that in. The motor hasn't had than many miles on it yet, but, the supercharger does run pretty much silently which I assume is a good sign.
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Fri, 17 May 2002 00:14
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Im running Holden S/C Oil in my.. Its thin but it seems fine to me unless someone can tell me otherwise.. A mate purchased the genuine toyota shit.. $50 for 50ml expensive!!! so got the holden stuff which is like 20 for 100ml i believe.. Either way the viscosity between the two seems almost identical.
Again tho.. Its only a guess.. But the genuine toyota stuff is ALOT ALOT ALOT thinner than ANY motor Oil ive seen.. so yeh..
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Canberra
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Fri, 17 May 2002 02:47
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From my research, you will need 350ml for the Supercharger.
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Western Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Fri, 17 May 2002 05:00
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Changing your supercharger oil is not something that has to be done as regularly as engine oil. I read its something like every 50,000km, or just check it at 50,000km.
Check your manual troyboy, its all in there!
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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Sat, 18 May 2002 06:05
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from what i have been told from various people ( us, nz and aus) the mobil 1 is the oil to use if you dont want to buy factory s/c oil. i use it in mine and have done for a few years.  good stuff
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Canberra, ACT
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Sat, 25 May 2002 02:02
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I can't find anywhere to put the supercharger oil...
Where exactly do I put it in?
-Andrew
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Colyton, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Sat, 25 May 2002 12:51
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its firewall side
yellw butterfly nut... with dip stick in one..
in there.. u need a syringe to place the oil in!
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Sydeny
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May 2003
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Fri, 06 June 2003 07:35
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Sorry, but my research shows that there is only 130ml of oil in the S/c12. I could be wrong, but this is what I have read.
Also, I have read about using oil thats made for air conditioner pumps. And a guy from a performance shop stated he uses 2-stroke oil??? Holden informed me today that there super chargers are feed by the main engine oil whilst running ??? Again, this is only what I have read and been told.
I to am in the same position and am not sure which oil to use, before I put my GZE into my AE92 sedan. Here's hoping what ever oil I use, doesn't stuff it. Let me know if you find out for sure. Cheers, Kevin 
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Location:
tennessee
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June 2003
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Fri, 06 June 2003 14:15
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the closest thing to toyota supercharger oil, is mobile 1 synthetic gear oil.
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Location:
Hornsby, N.S.W
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September 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Sat, 07 June 2003 01:57
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i have always been told that superchargers really should run only on synthetic oils!!
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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May 2002
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Re: Supercharger Oil
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Sat, 07 June 2003 06:22
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Mobil1 is a fully synthetic oil!!!
i ran mine on it with-out any trouble.
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