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I purchased a 27 Fountain Fever with a 525SC this summer. I am trying to find info on maintenance on the supercharger but I am not finding much. How often do you change the fluid and how do you do it? It appears to be a Weiand 177. Thanks
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Apparently there is no drain. I got a flavor shooter from walmart. 25 cc giant syringe for squirting stuff into turkeys and such. About 4 bucks. Has a 2 inch long needle. I use it to cc heads and such. But it'll work good for sucking oil out without R&R blower to dump it. They say any high quality 75-90 gear oil, but there is an oil marketed for blowers. How often to change it? Dunno, but right now would not be a bad idea. Oh yeah. 2 reservoirs. Front and back.
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The front has dipstick in the fill hole. The rear has pipe fill plug. They are completely separate areas.
You have to suck out the lube to change it. I used to use a 30cc syringe with a piece of tubing on it. Neither side holds much lube. Maybe 3-4 ozs.
Change it every 50 hrs or so. I used Merc HP gear lube (drive lube) and had almost 500hrs on my 177SC without being opened when I sold the boat.
525SC's are thirsty and pretty sure you only have a 60 gallon tank.
Also, the fuel pump/seapump lube gets fuel diluted easily. Plan on chnaging that also every 50 or so hours.
You have to suck out the lube to change it. I used to use a 30cc syringe with a piece of tubing on it. Neither side holds much lube. Maybe 3-4 ozs.
Change it every 50 hrs or so. I used Merc HP gear lube (drive lube) and had almost 500hrs on my 177SC without being opened when I sold the boat.
525SC's are thirsty and pretty sure you only have a 60 gallon tank.
Also, the fuel pump/seapump lube gets fuel diluted easily. Plan on chnaging that also every 50 or so hours.
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i just rebuilt one over the weekend. cooked the arm off the fuel pump and munched the sacrificial cam bushing.. replaced bearings and seals... all in costs over $450 in parts + labor.. I'd recommend changing it yearly.




