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They're not permanently sealed. But to keep your supercharger properly within the Toyota/TRD drivetrain warranty you can't break the seal to even check the supercharger oil level until after it's out of warranty at 60K miles. By that time it's about 30K overdue for the oil being at least checked.

There's a thorough post about it here:
http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB13&Number=315143

And anthraciterunner had a clarification that the proper tool to use is a T-27 Torx bit in this post:
http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB13&Number=357281
Um, do the T-27 and T-30 both fit due to their taper?


Jeff,
Thanks for the info. I guess it is probably a fairly common mis-conception about the change interval because of the warranty issue which is what I am trying not to mess up. But if the SC needs oil in the nose-gear then I would rather mess up the warranty than blow the whole SC nose gear out due to lack of oil and potentially ruin my SC and the engine if parts of the SC internals come apart from lack of lubrication and enter the cylinders. That would be a major SNAFU for sure. Guess I'll just have to play it by ear (literally) and if the SC makes alot more noise (over the normal gear rattle at idle) then its time to check into it.

Ricochet

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