vortech v3 oil change see some grit in oil

87superduperstang · November 11th, 2011, 11:00 AM

ok so today i changed my super charger oil and it is the 2nd oil change ive made since it was new i have only around 6000 miles on it and i noticed in the old oil there is a little bit of looks like tiny tiny flakes maybe 6 tiny pieces is this normal to see sometimes

DigitalDC89 · November 11th, 2011, 01:30 PM

im not a supercharger expert or anything, but was it making an bad noises prior to the oil change? the flakes could be bearing material or something. but if the propellers were painted or coated in anyway before assembly, it could simply be flaking off. im basing all of that from a quick google search...

87superduperstang · November 11th, 2011, 04:54 PM

no noises works perfect and sounds normal

ryanw · November 11th, 2011, 05:10 PM

Are you using the stock pulleys ? The reason I ask is to see if your over spinning it.

87superduperstang · November 11th, 2011, 05:25 PM

im pushing 16 pounds at 6000 rpm, but it is the si trim and i usually am only pushing it to 5000-5500 max so prob more like 14 lbs. my thought was maybe some junk got through the air filter ? not sure if that makes any sense though

1SICK5.0VERT · November 12th, 2011, 03:50 AM

sounds to me your internals are breaking apart slowly but surely. are you running 16# on a stock bottom end?

jessemachone · November 12th, 2011, 06:58 AM

If you are getting stuff from the intake (dirt) into the oil, you have bigger problems than you think.

If you bought the unit brand new and this is the first time you are seeing the flakes, I would continue use provided that you dont notice any changes. (noise) It may just be some extra flashing that was missed during the manufacturing process.

Get in touch with the manufacturer and send them pics or a sample of what you found and see if it is anything worth worying about.

87superduperstang · January 10th, 2012, 11:58 AM

i forgot to update this , but i found out that it was just some dirt and debres on the drain hose of the supercharger that fell in the bucket when i drained the oil haha man i feel stupid .

ryanw · January 10th, 2012, 02:31 PM

I how did you come to that answer

87superduperstang · January 11th, 2012, 10:01 AM

well the drain hose hangs down far to the bottom and it had alot of dirt on it so i wiped some off and could see it looked the same as what was in the oil and just to be sure of it i drained the oil again and watched the oil kind of run down the lip of where some grit and debre was and it made sense to me . what led me to do this initially was i took a piece of the debre from the oil and rubbed it with my fingers and it just disintigrated like road grime or dirt would.

November 11th, 2011, 11:00 AM	#1
87superduperstang Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	vortech v3 oil change see some grit in oil ok so today i changed my super charger oil and it is the 2nd oil change ive made since it was new i have only around 6000 miles on it and i noticed in the old oil there is a little bit of looks like tiny tiny flakes maybe 6 tiny pieces is this normal to see sometimes

November 11th, 2011, 01:30 PM	#2
DigitalDC89 Regular '88 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 463 iTrader: 0 reviews	im not a supercharger expert or anything, but was it making an bad noises prior to the oil change? the flakes could be bearing material or something. but if the propellers were painted or coated in anyway before assembly, it could simply be flaking off. im basing all of that from a quick google search... __________________ '02 Mustang GTm Convertible - N/A Cammed Daily '88 Mustang GTm - 1/4 Mile Build - 750rwhp Project '97 Saturn SL2m - Ex-Nitrous Build - Back-Up Daily

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January 10th, 2012, 02:31 PM	#9
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November 11th, 2011, 04:54 PM	#3
87superduperstang Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	no noises works perfect and sounds normal

November 11th, 2011, 05:25 PM	#5
87superduperstang Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	im pushing 16 pounds at 6000 rpm, but it is the si trim and i usually am only pushing it to 5000-5500 max so prob more like 14 lbs. my thought was maybe some junk got through the air filter ? not sure if that makes any sense though

January 10th, 2012, 11:58 AM	#8
87superduperstang Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	i forgot to update this , but i found out that it was just some dirt and debres on the drain hose of the supercharger that fell in the bucket when i drained the oil haha man i feel stupid .

January 11th, 2012, 10:01 AM	#10
87superduperstang Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 118 iTrader: 0 reviews	well the drain hose hangs down far to the bottom and it had alot of dirt on it so i wiped some off and could see it looked the same as what was in the oil and just to be sure of it i drained the oil again and watched the oil kind of run down the lip of where some grit and debre was and it made sense to me . what led me to do this initially was i took a piece of the debre from the oil and rubbed it with my fingers and it just disintigrated like road grime or dirt would.

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