No you have to drain your oil.
Installation instruction #2 page 1 Drain Oil. That is the give away right there. Or for more clarification page 2 instruction "G"
Ummm.....
I disagree...
I'll agree that instruction G says to drain the oil, but above that , it goes through the process how to tap it....which infers that there was oil in there to drain.....
Don't drain the oil until you tap the pan. You are tapping above the level of the oil, none is going to come out. You are putting in a return line which needs to be above the level of the oil so gravity can allow the oil to drain. The reason you leave the oil in the pan is that some shavings may end up in the pan and they can be drained out with the oil. A magnet could also be used to get an shavings.
This was the part of the install that scared me the most and it was the easiest part. Make sure you have the right size tap and a couple different size punches. Other than that, it was cake.
Don't drain the oil until you tap the pan. You are tapping above the level of the oil, none is going to come out. You are putting in a return line which needs to be above the level of the oil so gravity can allow the oil to drain. The reason you leave the oil in the pan is that some shavings may end up in the pan and they can be drained out with the oil. A magnet could also be used to get an shavings.
This was the part of the install that scared me the most and it was the easiest part. Make sure you have the right size tap and a couple different size punches. Other than that, it was cake.
Thank you, that is what I was looking for. I know how to read instructions, and I know they meant for the oil to be in there. I did not know that it was above the level of the oil. It makes perfect sense now.
On another note...
Will I be able to drive my car about 10 miles on the old tune, with the vortech installed, if I baby it? I don't want to wait a week to mail my chip to vortech, and I'm getting it dyno tuned anyway, so I figured I'd take it right to the tuner after I install it. I have options to get it towed there, but I'm wondering if it will be driveable?
I need to do it this weekend, for my Vortech install, and I want to do it right. Unless I'm missing something, the Vortech instructions say to punch a hole and tap it with the oil still in?? I can forsee that being a huge mess. Should I just take it somewhere and have someone do it for me professionally? How hard is this? Any tips or advice would be appreciated, thanks.
I dont think it will matter either way , I cant even remember if I drained mine first or not, but like most guys I would take about 3 quarts of oil to run down the supercharger drain , after you spray a little brake cleaner in there to clean it out , and then take about 2 quarts and put down thru the regular oil fill cap to make 100 percent sure its all cleaned out/ small pen magnet to stick around in the hole might collect a few shavings as well
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