Need Blower advice on Saleen
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I don't think there's any need for concern, Roy. Mine dripped a bit out of the snout from being tipped, and I'm sure that oil is supplied from the oil passages in the heads. It would get really old and burnt otherwise.
If you pull the blower out of the box I'm sure you'll see oil supply passages in the underside. You could also check the pics in the directions - I'd do it now, but I'm at work and the instructions are at home.
If you pull the blower out of the box I'm sure you'll see oil supply passages in the underside. You could also check the pics in the directions - I'd do it now, but I'm at work and the instructions are at home.
That's not half a quart of oil, more like a few ounces. Hell, mine gleeked out more than that just from carrying the box around.
Assuming the heat exchanger and everything else in the box with it are undamaged, I wouldn't worry about it. The blower is a lot stronger than the box.
What does the outside of the box look like?
Assuming the heat exchanger and everything else in the box with it are undamaged, I wouldn't worry about it. The blower is a lot stronger than the box.
What does the outside of the box look like?
delurker said:
The pictures don't tell the story that well but in person they beat the hell out of it. There's at least a half quart soaked into the box. The heavy gauge box material at the pulley is chrushed and that means it was tossed from about 3 feet on to it's pully. I worked for ups and know how they move freight - most of the time they are good but not in this case.
The blower itself is probably fine - I would closely inspect the parts that come in the bottom of the box, and unless they're pristine, I would return it. Might return it anyway, just because it looks like all the guys in the warehouse had a contest to see who could demolish it.
I hear ya on the UPS package handling method. It's like everything gets rammed into a corner with a forklift. I've had to send back a few things over the past year because UPS smashed them.
I hear ya on the UPS package handling method. It's like everything gets rammed into a corner with a forklift. I've had to send back a few things over the past year because UPS smashed them.
royb said:
New Quad Zeon SAN server which I was shipping from CO to WI after staging. Had it packaged up nice and tight in the original shipping materials with kick me stickers on it. (fragile)
Some fool either tossed it into the truck or dropped it from about 5 feet up. When it finally showed in WI the steel case was fubar'd along with 50% of the internal components.
Took UPS about 3 weeks to cut me a check and only AFTER they had repair costs checked out and confirmed to be in excess of a new kit.
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Personally, I'd send it back as well. I just had Fedex cut me a check for $935 for my mountain bike. Packed very well in a bike box. When the buyer got it, he told the driver, what happened to the box. It's beat to $hit? The driver said "I don't know, but if anything is damaged, just open a claim" He called me, I opened the claim, as the sender. The downtube on the bike had a golf-ball sized dent in it! Not repairable. Only took Fedex 4 business days to close the claim and make payment. Thank-god for buying the Insurance on the package. The insurance was like $3.00.
Dave...
Dave...
delurker said:
Saleen says that some oil can come out if the unit is tipped toward the pully. My issues isn't the oil as much as the pully/snout took some hard drops from shipping and they only way to know it's still in specfications is to take it apart and measure the roto/screw clearance. For 5k it's not worth the gamble that it would work correctly and for any amount of time.
I'm still stunned that the unit would allow any leakage since one would think that under boost oil would get forced out.
