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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 12:29 PM
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supercharger oil

what to use? GM or something else?
 
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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 03:46 PM
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Gm...
 
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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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You rebuilding your supercharger? just asking because I dont believe you can add any unless you are.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 04:14 PM
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AC Delco or GM. You can drain and refill your oil without rebuilding it.

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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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If you have the SC off of the car you can access the fluid fillers.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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Yup....even the MINI guys go to GM to buy the oil (we were even told this at a club tech event at a RI MINI dealer)....MINI does not stock/sell it, and many GM cars have used Eaton SC.....it is the same stuff that the SC was sold with. I would not trust the E-bay stuff...might be ok...might not. The oil from GM is pretty cheap, and the SC so $$, IMO it is not worth experimenting!!
One suggestion...if the SC is off, do the water-pump at the same time if you have lots of miles!!
 
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