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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 07:44 PM
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How often do you guys change your supercharger oil in your 03-04 cobras.
Old Dec 14, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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I read a post on the svtoa forum, some ford tech posted that it needs changing every 180 k. However I'll do mine at 15 k intervals also there was an awsome post with pic's on the same site for the do it yourselfer.
Old Dec 15, 2006 | 12:45 AM
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180k? you mean 18k right?
Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:04 AM
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The reason i was wondering is because i just hit 15k in my 04 cobra and figuered the oil had to be changed sometime. I think ive read on svtforums that a lot of people change it yearly or every 15k. I just wanted some more opinions because the local ford dealer did not know anything about it.
Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:06 AM
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Sorry typo yes 18 k
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 07:07 PM
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I did some research on this back a while back. It seems that most people are changing them so early (15K) because they're overspinning the eaton with their pully setups. If you're stock you don't need to change it this early. I'll look again but I believe it was closer to 75k+ if you're stock. Not many dealerships (SVT or not) know when to do it either because A.) not many 03-04 cobras have hit this high mileage yet and B.) most owners end up doing the change themselves.
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