Supercharger oil ???

[TurboGN871]

I have a 2000 Regal GS and I found that the blower oil level is low.
My question is, IS the oil a special oil that only the dealer has or is there
an alternative?

 

[boost86]

Direct link from a vendor

http://www.pfyc.com/store/merchant....ry_Code=RGUNDER

 

[Steve Y]

A guy I know is a senior engineer on the supercharger project at GM and he told me that they tried a synthetic alternative and it wasn't too long before they had a failure.

He said you have to stay with military spec oil that the factory calls for.

Just passing along what I was told.

HTH

Steve

 

[tom t]

http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160243

 

[denn454]

i'm running some redline oil, i think 50wt.

it was suggested to me by a guy with a 6 sec. alterd with an 8-71 blower. if it will work for him, i don't see why it won't work for me.

 

[granny]

let us know how it goes denn454!

 

[TRYMY231S]

i'm running some redline oil, i think 50wt.

it was suggested to me by a guy with a 6 sec. alterd with an 8-71 blower. if it will work for him, i don't see why it won't work for me.

I'm sure that thing is a daily driver, huh?

 

[JasonGS]

I'm sure that thing is a daily driver, huh?

LOL!

I've heard of a couple guys using M1 5-30 before, with decent results. But I just use the GM stuff.

 

[denn454]

sure it was, he picks up grocerys in it, straps the gallon of milk to the wheelie bar and never has to worry about being passed. haha.

but seriously, he ran 3 seasons on the oil, took the bower apart and said it was as clean as the day it was new.

i have close to 8k miles on the new oil, no problems yet.

and your nose will thank you when you don't use the gm stuff. thats the worst semlling stuff in the world

 

[r0b0t c0rpse]

the oil should be fairly clear and come up the the bottom of the threads of the drain plug.