vortech v3 sci oil change
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vortech v3 sci oil change
So I'm up for my first oil change on the V3 charger and can't for the life of me figure out how to do this. I called vortech and they said there's three allen wrench bolts under the unit and to undo the "lowest one" so as to get the most oil out but I only found three bolts on the passenger side of the unit. One of them is about at the 270 degree mark but nothing is on the bottom as far as I can tell and I can NOT get an allen wrench into this tight space to undo the bolt.
I was wondering if anyone else has this kit and has done an oil change and has any tips or ideas where to get some diagrams, etc...
help?
I was wondering if anyone else has this kit and has done an oil change and has any tips or ideas where to get some diagrams, etc...
help?
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Its really easy, Under the unit ? I have two allens on top, the fill and the dip stick, than there's the drain line.
Step one remove fill plug/dipstick, you don't have to but I usually do
Step two cut zip tie holding your drain line and remove bolt it should be like 1/2 and 9/16, once its done draining put bolt back in and tighten up.
Step three fill it up with vortech synthetic fluid (which smells and looks like ATF) it takes one of their bottles, tighten your fill plug and check oil level whala
Step one remove fill plug/dipstick, you don't have to but I usually do
Step two cut zip tie holding your drain line and remove bolt it should be like 1/2 and 9/16, once its done draining put bolt back in and tighten up.
Step three fill it up with vortech synthetic fluid (which smells and looks like ATF) it takes one of their bottles, tighten your fill plug and check oil level whala
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Update:
Smirfs, you make it sound so easy! I called cortech a couple times and didn't get any useful information until the third call, at which point someone FINALLY told me about the drain line. Then i found the drain line and had one HELL of a time getting that bolt off. Apparently they have a gorilla employed at vortech whose job it is to tighten this bolt. Ofcourse I was probably doing it wrong (didn't cut the zip tie and was trying to undo everything from above so I couldn't get the proper angles to do things). But I eventually got the bolt off using a 2 foot breaker bar and open wrench. Tore my knuckles to shreds in the process. And since I was on top of the engine, I managed to spill half of the lubricant all over the place instead of catching it in the watter bottle I was trying to use.
But then I closed things up and refilled it. And viola, like you said.
Smirfs, you make it sound so easy! I called cortech a couple times and didn't get any useful information until the third call, at which point someone FINALLY told me about the drain line. Then i found the drain line and had one HELL of a time getting that bolt off. Apparently they have a gorilla employed at vortech whose job it is to tighten this bolt. Ofcourse I was probably doing it wrong (didn't cut the zip tie and was trying to undo everything from above so I couldn't get the proper angles to do things). But I eventually got the bolt off using a 2 foot breaker bar and open wrench. Tore my knuckles to shreds in the process. And since I was on top of the engine, I managed to spill half of the lubricant all over the place instead of catching it in the watter bottle I was trying to use.
But then I closed things up and refilled it. And viola, like you said.
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