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how long can you drive with hardly any oil in your s/charger

Postby Banga69 » Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:36 pm

as it says.

cheers clint


p.s im in need of some oil btw, anyone have some for $$ prefer in the wellington region.
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Postby wanado13's » Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:41 pm

my bearing went in my charger after not checking the oil level so you prolly wouldnt want to drive it without oil in it. I've got castrol vmx in mine an it works fine with a pulley kit and is way cheaper than the real stuff
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Postby toymodifier » Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:07 pm

so castrol vmx is all good? my supercharger oil is half black, half clear
is this a common thing as my mate has it in his but i was just gonna wait and folk out for the real deal
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Postby Mr Revhead » Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:56 pm

$30ish will get you all the genuine oil u need to fill it from empty and have some left over.
castrol vmx works ok.
just go into toyota and get some of the real stuff. if your local branch cant help let me know and ill sort you out
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Postby Banga69 » Mon Nov 01, 2004 12:50 am

toymodifier wrote:so castrol vmx is all good? my supercharger oil is half black, half clear
is this a common thing as my mate has it in his but i was just gonna wait and folk out for the real deal


VMX. . ? can i purchase it from repco and how much?

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Postby toymodifier » Mon Nov 01, 2004 7:16 am

VMX is $12 from repco for a litre :D
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Postby Mr Revhead » Mon Nov 01, 2004 8:01 am

that cheap eh? well there ya go then! :D
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Postby Banga69 » Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:31 am

toymodifier wrote:VMX is $12 from repco for a litre :D


ohh kewl. whats the difference between the real stuff n VMX?

i need a syringe aye??
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Postby Bast4rd » Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:24 am

yeah i got some VMX in the garage. would be in my gearbox if i could be fuct and in my supercharger if i had a syringe
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Postby Banga69 » Wed Nov 03, 2004 1:00 am

all good cheers anyway guys, its all done now :)
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