Supercharger oil coming out of front bolt
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Supercharger oil coming out of front bolt
I was at the track and noticed I had some oil coming out of the front bolt that holds the pulley on. It’s not from the bearing. Anybody have this happen before?
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There is no oil under that bearing, only grease. Your bearing is about to disintegrate on you. Pull the belt off and replace the bearing before you reinstall the belt. Be sure to get the supercharger clutch clearance correct. Shims available from Eurocharged.
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I was under the impression that if your supercharger oil is overfilled it could weep out of that bolt. I’m probably wrong but hopefully someone can clear that up for me
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You can't overfill the oil. It's a fill hole in the supercharger. You have to inject oil into the hole and if it is too much oil it will just come back out the same hole, just like the differential. The more oil you put in, the more oil that comes out.
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I thought up to the drain bolt was overfilled?? Now I’m confused haha. I thought the 150 mL level was way below the drain bolt and if it comes out of the drain bolt you’ve overfilled it already?
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I recently changed my oil, removed about 110mL ( with the s/c removed from the car) and put back around 130mL. From my experience, I believe filling it to the plug would be too much oil.
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Yes it can be overfilled if u have too much oil in it.can come out the frt bolt area. How do i know brand new upper pulley from upd less than a 1000 miles so bearing is perfect. Just changed the supercharger oil and overfilled n had same problem. Did some research an found the same prob so drained fluid and refilled with exactly 150ml an zero probs since.
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Well thanks for all the replies I have about 10000 miles since I changed the supercharger oil. I have ruled it to be I overheated the supercharger from sitting in the staging lanes for 20 minutes then forgetting to turn my intercooler on. So the fluid expanded more then normal. It wasn’t a crazy amount just a few drops.
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Make sure to use teflon or thread sealer on all the screws that SC oil can leach out of, as they can leak and throw oil out. Proper level is important and the dealer will say the oil is non service item but most all the supercharges on the 55 get low on oil. Low oil and bye bye bearings and that can equate to a destroyed motor.
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Well thanks for all the replies I have about 10000 miles since I changed the supercharger oil. I have ruled it to be I overheated the supercharger from sitting in the staging lanes for 20 minutes then forgetting to turn my intercooler on. So the fluid expanded more then normal. It wasn’t a crazy amount just a few drops.
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