update on supercharger

deftsound

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Apr 6, 2004

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Feb 25, 2008

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Took it off today to mail it back to vortech and there was oil coming out of the turbine and it looked like it was blowing it up the intake.... atleast its under warrenty...i just hope vortech doesnt try to say its my fault because i didnt use the right oil or something.

I had just changed the oil over to mobile 1 5w20 synthetic...

 

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SilverBullet00

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Feb 25, 2008

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• Feb 25, 2008

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No, they shouldnt. That sucks you had to mail it off to them to get it fixed. You should try to run a conventional motor oil though, it helps with blow by. Over on the MPH boards, they recommend Valvoline 5w30 so thats what I use.

 

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spoc8hi

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Feb 25, 2008

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they told me that i should not use synthetic. they probably wont void your warranty because of it though, and even if they do, a total rebuild is only like 300 bucks.

 

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SilverBullet00

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Feb 25, 2008

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just tell them to rebuild it because its under warranty, and while your add it here is 600 for the T-trim upgrade

 

deftsound

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Apr 6, 2004

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Feb 26, 2008

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• Feb 26, 2008

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man this sucks im depressed, i got to drive my car exactly 2 days before this happened...

 

BennyBlown2v

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Feb 26, 2008

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• Feb 26, 2008

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deftsound said:

man this sucks im depressed, i got to drive my car exactly 2 days before this happened...

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That is always the worst. I'm in the same boat right now too, just got the blower and pulleys and crap back on the car...now I gotta rebuild my IRS (bad bearings throughout haha)... Name of the game and luck of the draw I guess!

Don't worry though, it'll feel good when Vortech gets it back to you and ya start her up again

 

deftsound

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Apr 6, 2004

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Texas City TX

Feb 26, 2008

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• Feb 26, 2008

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yea i think thats the last time i use synthetic on this car

 

jivepepper

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Feb 26, 2008

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If you have the pcv valve hooked to your inlet your always going to see a little oil in there.

 

speed545

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Feb 27, 2008

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• Feb 27, 2008

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Got mine back from Vortech tuesday for a seal and bearings change under warranty.

They didnt ask anything and just did the job. That blower had 1500 miles on it when i took it off the car for the repair

 

BennyBlown2v

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Feb 27, 2008

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jivepepper said:

If you have the pcv valve hooked to your inlet your always going to see a little oil in there.

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Yeah but not like what happens when it blows, its just totally saturated.

 

jivepepper

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Feb 27, 2008

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BennyBlown2v said:

Yeah but not like what happens when it blows, its just totally saturated.

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That also happens when your rings are shot. I hope he gets it fixed.

 

deftsound

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Apr 6, 2004

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Texas City TX

Feb 27, 2008

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• Feb 27, 2008

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jivepepper said:

That also happens when your rings are shot. I hope he gets it fixed.

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great

 

04YELLOWGT

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Jun 29, 2005

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Feb 27, 2008

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deftsound said:

man this sucks im depressed, i got to drive my car exactly 2 days before this happened...

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Hey don't feel bad after a kick ass tune and my car running the best it ever did I got to drive my car 46miles until I wrecked it and it was down for like 2 months

Its always worth the wait in the end though.

 

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SilverBullet00

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Feb 28, 2008

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So do the bearing have anything to do with the oil leak? Or is that just the seals?

Its hard to beleive the bearings would wear out so quickly!

 

BennyBlown2v

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Feb 28, 2008

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• Feb 28, 2008

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SilverBullet00 said:

So do the bearing have anything to do with the oil leak? Or is that just the seals?

Its hard to beleive the bearings would wear out so quickly!

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Bad batch from Vortech or their bearing supplier - I've seen at least 5 cars with this in Indy the past couple months. And yeah, the seals and the bearings are related, heh.... blow one and the other is sure to go (blown seal and the bearing will go bad from lack of oil, blown bearing and it will heat up or physically blow the seal).

 

speed545

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Feb 28, 2008

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• Feb 28, 2008

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BennyBlown2v said:

Bad batch from Vortech or their bearing supplier - I've seen at least 5 cars with this in Indy the past couple months. And yeah, the seals and the bearings are related, heh.... blow one and the other is sure to go (blown seal and the bearing will go bad from lack of oil, blown bearing and it will heat up or physically blow the seal).

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That would explain why my seal went away 750 miles before the bearing.

Still could not beleive it. Damn, 1500 miles

 

deftsound

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Apr 6, 2004

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Texas City TX

Mar 1, 2008

#17

• Mar 1, 2008

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yea this really sucks ******* talk about a rain on my parade

hopefully this one will make it past 3k miles