I thought I would start a thread to document my shena****ns over the last week. Hopefully, it can help someone else as they wrench on their pride and joy. As a disclaimer, I did not take pics of everything, and I will ask questions of the group to better understand what is going on.
Supercharger removal:
1) remove engine appearance cover and intake
- this picture was taken while I was replacing the driver side injectors. You will notice that the battery box is take apart to gain access for the tool. The manual will tell you to remove the A.C. lines to remove the injectors, but I found that unnecessary. You will also see that the hard fuel line across the front of the intercooler is removed and the electrical connectors have been removed.
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2) remove the hard lines for the pcv valve to throttle body and the oil separator to intake baffle and remove the fuel purge solenoid from the driver side of the engine. It connects to the throttle body and to the vacuum line on the driver side top of engine
3) remove the intercooler water lines. Push into the intercooler and then press the release tabs. I needed a small flat head to then leverage them off. You need to remove the union on passenger side front, and the y union quick release on the driver side. If you trace the lines, youll see what i mean. Also remove the top crossover pipe.
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4) remove the intercooler from the supercharger. It's about 16 bolts. T40 hex along the outside and 10mm for the 4 bolts on top. There are two longer bolts on the front of the engine. Also, there are two 5/16 bolts holding the engine appearance cover bracket. Gentle force will allow it to pop off
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5) remove the six bolts from the intake manifolds. On the back, there are two T30 bolts holding the engine harness bracket to the bracket on the back of the supercharger. Remove these and, on the passenger side, pry the electrical harness' tree fittings out of the black bracket. On the driver side, remove the vacuum fitting and the harness from the MAP sensor.
This is also a good time to remove the throttle body. Four T30 bolts and two coolant lines. The passenger side coolant line traces under the supercharger. It is actually attached to the supercharger and terminates at the rear crossover pipe.
6) remove the supercharger belt using a 3/8 socket or breaker bar.
7) there is a pry point behind the oil filter housing. I lined it up to leverage on top of the rear bolt head. The other pry point is behind the throttle body. Once loose, just keep wiggling it to free the supercharger from its press fittings. Don't forget to remove the throttle body coolant line from the bottom of the supercharger!
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