First gen Supercharger oil change...

chris4x4 · Apr 19, 2009

Thanks to Bear, on TTORA for this info:

Bear said: ↑

*Sorry no photos available, but project is fairly straight forward
First thing to do is locate needed supplies
You will need:
1.**medium sized syringe without needle (an eye dropper used to medicate infants can be substituted if syringe is not available (found at any drug store)
2. 2 (two)-8 oz. bottles of supercharger oil (easiest found at Chevrolet dealership parts department)
3.Allen wrench to remove oil plug on nose cone of supercharger
4.ample supply of rags/shop towels
5.measuring cup with ounce measurement markings (can steal wife's mearsuring cup from kitchen, but do you really want to eat out of a food prep tool you recently put automotive grade oil in? )
6.clear rubber tubing to fit over syringe/eye dropper approximately 6-8" long (aquarium air tubing is about the correct diameter and is easily found sold by the foot
** you will need to approach a pharmacist to request a syringe. with todays rampant use of illegal drugs you may have a hard time convincing them of your intended use
Step 1:
prepare or build your tools needed for project by placing/affixing the rubber tubing to your extraction syringe or eye dropper. If the diameter of the tubing is not exact, you will need to figure out a way to make the connection air tight.
Step 2: with rags draped beneath the nose cone plug remove the plug with the allen wrench (my plug was already marked to illustrate the plug's exact location when fully closed and sealed. If yours is not, I suggest marking it before starting with either white out or a colored sharpie.

*It should be noted that the proper size allen wrench is needed, as the plug on the supercharger is extremely tight from the factor and if the wrench is not the exact size, the head of the plug is easily stripped.
depending on if you are working on a level surface or not, you may or may not have some oil drip upon opening drain plug.
Step 3: With syringe plunger fully DEPRESSED stick the hose into the supercharger drain hole as far as you can. Once you have the hose fully inserted, begin drawing the oil into the syringe by pulling the syringe plunger out.
Once you have the syringe full of oil release the oil into your measuring cup.
If you are having trouble sucking fluid into the syringe, probable cause is that you do not have an air tight seal between your tubing and syringe/eye dropper

Step 4: re-insert "syphoning" tool into supercharger and repeat step 3 until you are confident all residual oil is evacuated.
The measuring cup is used to notate how much oil you remove. The supercharger has a capacity of 8 fluid ounces. If you do not remove a full 8 ounces make note of how much is removed. If you begin to replace the oil and are not able to replace a full 8 oz. it means that you did not evacuate all of the oil. If you are able to replace a full 8 oz. without any overflow although you did not remove a total of 8 oz, you may want to monitor your oil level to make sure there are no leaks for a time.
*it may be necessary to move the syphon hose around inside the supercharger to get back into "hidden" cavities. (hopefully you cut the hose long enough that if it does detach from the syringe you do not loose the entire hose inside the nose cone. you want to avoid having this happen as it will be a major pain to get out. (I normally make it a practice to leave a least 1/2" of hose outside the nose cone in case it does drop off. that way I can at least grab the hose and not have to fish it out)
Step 5: once you are certain that all old oil is removed from supercharger, reverse the process. You may remove the hose from the syringe to evacuate the new oil from the bottle, but it is easier to leave tube on and submerge only the tip of the hose in the fresh oil to extract.
Once the syringe is again full with new oil, squirt new oil into supercharger nose cone via drain hole.
repeat this process until you have replaced 8 full ounces back into supercharger. see note above if you are unable to replace 8 ounces.
Step 6: replace drain plug, making sure that you line up your marks you made on the drain plug with the line on the supercharger in the fully sealed position.
Step 7: wipe away any excess oil that might have dripped. and store "tool" away for future oil changes.
I have been told directly from TRD that you should never need to replace the supercharger oil in the blower, but I replace the oil in mine at least once a year as part of my routine maintenance (typically done with one of my summer oil changes).
Please note that I have also been told by Toyota that you should never need to replace your fuel filter~that it is intended to remain in place for the life of your vehicle…but I have already replaced my fuel filter three times and my truck is a 1997. Each time I have noticed improvements in both performance and MPG. Thus illustrating/proving not everything the OEM manufacture tells you should be taken as "gospel"
More importantly pertaining to the supercharger and misinformation given by TRD: I purchased my supercharger second hand, Luckily I was curious about the "mechanics" of the unit and decided to crack open the drain plug. I discovered the nose cone completely dry of oil. I do not know if it seeped out during transport from the previous owner or if he had actually ran the supercharger without oil, but it is a good idea to check oil level before running supercharger for the initial time, especially if purchased used.
But if the supercharger was never intended to have it's oil never replaced why was mine dry upon delivery? But I digress. (point is check your oil level but do not be alarmed if it is dry initially my blower has never given my any trouble due to the lack of oil present)
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chris4x4 · Apr 19, 2009

Oil needed:

tebalzer · Feb 18, 2012

Thanks for posting this!! I was told by my dealership that I needed to have this done at 100K (I'm now at 135K), and it would take 8 hours at the dealership at around $1,000. Thanks for the post. You just saved an unemployed American at TON of $$$.

Norton · Feb 19, 2012

Good info! Thanks for posting it, Chris, and for resurrecting the old thread, tebalzer.

To confirm, this is applicable to TRD superchargers installed on 1st Gen Tacomas (i.e., grey AND black versions), or 1st Gen TRD superchargers (only grey versions)?

tebalzer · Feb 19, 2012

Thanks for your quote by Ben Franklin as well. Being a "9/11 Fact-or", I know that you speak the truth with that quote. I'm new to this forum, and appreciate any suggestions for my 2001 Double Cab Taco, with 135K on it. Thanks!

tebalzer · May 20, 2012

Should I do the change on level ground, or is it easier to get to the oil if the truck is facing upward or downward a hill? Would the oil run backward into the SC or forward, and "pool" in the SC making it easier to get to??

I want to get this right the 1st time. Thanks!

chris4x4 · May 20, 2012

tebalzer said: ↑

Should I do the change on level ground, or is it easier to get to the oil if the truck is facing upward or downward a hill? Would the oil run backward into the SC or forward, and "pool" in the SC making it easier to get to??

I want to get this right the 1st time. Thanks!
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I'd imagine it would best if kept level.

zacharypaul89 · Jun 18, 2016

Hate to revive a dead thread. Just did this after 160k miles and only about 2-3 oz came out. I tried syringing oil out for a good hour and after the first 2 or so ounces, nothing came out. I put the new oil in and it took every bit of it. Could that much oil have evaporated after 160k miles? I didn't see any signs of a leak

zacharypaul89 · Jun 20, 2016

Bump....

1997tacomav6 · Sep 28, 2019

If you want the bearing to last, change the oil every 25,000 miles. Yes the bearing will go longer but just like your engine oil you can change it at 10,000 miles or at 3000 miles and it will still run. If your running a smaller pulley, more boost than you need to change it sooner because of added heat and higher supercharger rpms.
You have 3 choices

1) remove supercharger from engine takes 3 hours removing and replacing.
2) you can just remove the supercharger snout while the supercharger is still on the engine
Just get a large zip lock bag to catch the old oil when you remove the snout bolts, takes an hour and a half remove and replace as you need to clean gasket areas with a razor.
3) the 3rd way would be the choice to go, but you need to remove the snout
and have a butt screw installed in the snout. Once this is done an oil change
will take 5 minutes with a syringe from the top of the snout,

1997tacomav6 · Feb 7, 2018

Photos for the butt screw as shown and you can see from the back
it's a directly lined up with the center bottom for removing the oil,
5 minute oil change and your done!!!!!

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