With as much time as I have wasted on this. Sure why not.Originally Posted by shoebear
Let's start with the main reason I bothered to post.
Now I told mister Peter Metcalf that he had better do his research before posting potential misinformation on the internet because misinformation spreads like wildfire and is often very difficult to contain. I am sure that he has no idea what degree of effect those posts above will have but it is quite likely there will be a cascade effect that I will be dealing with as long as we choose to service these superchargers. Which we do much more as a service to the community that we do for the very small amount of money it brings in. Especially when compared to the amount of time I spend holding peoples hands and spoon feeding them information that is readily available if they cared to find it themselves.I didn't read all your email beyond this statement. I don't wish you harm, but at some point you need to clarify at presumably the most authoritative source, what is going on. When you do that, publish your finding and I may then delete what I published on the forum if I see it's no longer true. For now, it is true. Peter
At least he posted some information from Fred above but it does not guarentee that the information from post number 26 will always accompany post number 23 as it makes it's way around the internet. And even then post 26 appears much more questionable than Freds email did to me. But then again I have been working with him for the last 5 years on this and know more details on the subject.
I will definitely be reporting that post for misinformation and I hope the moderators delete it as such. Yes one might think that a quote from Ogura shouldn't be considered misinformation but as Fred said it is very common in this industry. Email Denso about the AC clutch on your Toyota. If they sell an aftermarket version they might be able to help you. If they don't they may not even admit to manufacturing it even if Denso is stamped on the thing.
Peters lack of trust in our business, lack of ability to research the reputation or legitimacy of our business or to do his own acceptable level of research on these superchargers has wasted my time, wasted Oguras time, wasted the time of my best resource at Ogura which is already stretched thin and has trashed the name of my business which is still publicly viewable on the internet.
My perspective?
I'm pretty pissed.
As for my perspective on the oil.
I told peter from the very beginning that to the best of our research and understanding that this was the best option available. I told him that this is what Ogura recommends for their superchargers and that if you aren't going to run Toytota oil this is the next safest alternative. I also told him there is no real way for us to know if Toyota specced anything differently. It is possible they speced different seals or different bearing grease intended to be used with different oil. This is extremely unlikely but I haven't found any information yet that 100% omits the possibility. As for those who think any old oil will do. Remember that bearings and seals are designed to work with specific oils. Anyone who brags about their SC lasting 15k miles with whatever random oil remember that these SCs often last 200k miles with no attention to the oil. Throw ATF in your manual trans that calls for 90 weight and chances are you will get 15k miles out of it. Probably a lot more than that. Does that mean you should do it? Probably not.
If you want to run Toyota oil then great. If you don't then this is your next safest bet.
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