Bleeding BW5 Supercharger

[MatthewAMEL]

Anyone found a way to bleed the supercharger without the engine running?

On the Camaro, the supercharger pump was a relay you could jumper to get it to run with the car off.

I have the Dedicated Motorsports adapter for the bleed port. I can confirm it fits fine. When I went to find the relay for the Supercharger pump, turns out it's a standard 15-amp mini blade fuse (#28 Charged Air Cooler) unless I am reading the fuse block wrong.

Also noticed, the coolant tank and surge tank are combined into one in the CT5. Cool. No mini funnel headache.

Thanks in advance.

 

[MatthewAMEL]

@WONT TAP you guys have a method for bleeding the CT5 LT4?

 

[sleepys4]

My favorite bleeder out of the 4 I have hooks to the factory port and has a quick disconnect and long tube.

The others didn't work as well. Lastly I tried jumping the fuse, but I could never get it to work. Ended up getting the motor warm to the pump would start and did a lot squeezing on the pipes to push fluid through. Even with the my new setup with the expansion tank it was a hassle.

This connection piece from prospeed is legit.

Also the jannety racing HX quick connector with clear tube works well.

 

[MatthewAMEL]

Thanks for that. I have an adapter for the bleed/fill port. The Dedicated one has threads for a standard 1L/2L bottle. My issue was getting the pump to run.

Found a way to make that work using my Autel unit. It has a access to a full set of ECU commands, so I can tell it to run the S/C pump.

 

[sleepys4]

Thanks for that. I have an adapter for the bleed/fill port. The Dedicated one has threads for a standard 1L/2L bottle. My issue was getting the pump to run.

Found a way to make that work using my Autel unit. It has a access to a full set of ECU commands, so I can tell it to run the S/C pump.

Which Autel do you have? i'm in the market for a good code reader/Diag tool.

 

[MatthewAMEL]

Which Autel do you have? i'm in the market for a good code reader/Diag tool.

I have the Autel MaxiCOM MK808S. It's very much overkill for just code reading, but I got it on a deal through work. It supports FCA Autoauth which was a must have for me to use on my wife's Jeep.

It can do a LOT. It has full access to the ECU and BCM, so I can issue commands to individual items/systems, like the S/C pump.

 

[sleepys4]

I have the Autel MaxiCOM MK808S. It's very much overkill for just code reading, but I got it on a deal through work. It supports FCA Autoauth which was a must have for me to use on my wife's Jeep.

It can do a LOT. It has full access to the ECU and BCM, so I can issue commands to individual items/systems, like the S/C pump.

Thought replied earlier, but confirmed this will run the supercharger pump with the car off?

 

[MatthewAMEL]

Thought replied earlier, but confirmed this will run the supercharger pump with the car off?

No. Nothing will to be best of my knowledge. It’s a simple fuse now, not a relay like ZL1 and Z06.

 

[MatthewAMEL]

Thought replied earlier, but confirmed this will run the supercharger pump with the car off?

I’ll try if I can get it to run in accessory only mode if I have time this weekend.