3.4L supercharger

Did you guys replace this gasket when you installed your supercharger?



OEM

$16 17176-62040 TOYOTA Genuine Air Surge Tank to Intake Manifold Gasket

17176-62040

 

If it's in good condition, no. But a few dollars does wonders for peace of mind.

 

This is true. I'll go ahead and order one to have on hand, just in case.

 

You don't have too, but yes I do, they are not expensive at the dealership

 

Honestly I would get one of the support brackets @mechanicjon makes. That big heavy blower is balanced on the narrow lower manifold with only the engine hook as triangulation. The nose cone support really ties the SC down while also reducing nose cone flex. Very affordable and compatible with the dynamic tensioner.

 

I do just in case. so I know I won't have a boost leak

 

I replaced it while doing the valve covers and I'm not even boosted. I even kept the old ones for spares

 

Got mine back from JonBondPerformance after roughly ~2 months. Did an incredible job with the powder coat, don't have any doubts that just as much care was taken with the rebuild itself. +1 happy customer

 

Now lets see it back on the truck!
Looks great

 

So reposting this here from another thread. Had some problems after a rebuild.

 

Is >20 a normal vacuum reading at idle? AFR is 14.6

 

I'm 99.9% sure that's normal but I'll verify when I get into my truck after work

 

@1997tacomav6 any insight? Issues he's having after a rebuild

 

Thanks! I thought so too but wanted to confirm. This was while parked by the way; if i'm idling in Drive it holds around 18. Getting peak boost at 8-9 PSI. Feels really healthy.

 

I’m planning on pulling it off and using Permatex sleeve retaining compound for the bearing in the nosecone. Gonna also try cleaning the TB while I have the nosecone off and curing. I have the grey supercharger so no chance at getting a new nosecone if it gets screwed up.

 

Update. Pulled the nosecone to repress the bearing. This is what the brand new oil looked like along with the bearing in question. I wasn’t able to find metal shavings in the housing and while you can see the little lip where the bearing was, I can’t feel anything along the line.

@1997tacomav6

I’d say I saved it. Only problem is, I don’t have any more supercharger oil.

 

I get mine from the local Chevy dealership, they usually have supercharger oil in stock

 

So I’m getting a rotor sent out from the high speed lab after thanksgiving. It will have the oil in it as well but I need the truck running to make it home before then. Would running synthetic 10w-30 for 6 hours of driving be all that bad for it? I’ll have a new bearing plate, gears and new bearings if need be. I got the bearing re-pressed in only using a actual press this time. No hammer mechanics involved. Seemed to fit much more snug. I still put a small layer of the sleeve retainer on but when I rotated it, didn’t see anything.

 

Also back to the oil. I might try running it through some doubled up coffee filters and see what it looks like. If it takes out a good amount of the particulate on the first pass, I might keep filtering it to re-use the old oil. I admittedly used the full 8 ounces I was sent so if I lose some filtering it all out to run it for 8 hours total I don’t think it will cause too much harm.