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Supercharger rattles

Postby Pops » Thu, 13 Aug 2020 7:53 +0000

The slk supercharger was making fairly serious rattling noises and very noticeable when cold, so as its declared off the road I thought I might try servicing it.

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Boost chamber and pipes removed, seems to be a lot of engine oil in it
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Re: Supercharger rattles

Postby Pops » Thu, 13 Aug 2020 7:57 +0000

Removed the snout, all looks OK
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14ml of oil in the snout and it stinks something terrible
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Re: Supercharger rattles

Postby Pops » Thu, 13 Aug 2020 8:07 +0000

It did leak some more oil when it was dismantled so I'd say there was a max of 16ml in it, it's supposed to have 150ml

All looks good but the circular coupler has play on one side
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New coupler and oil, enough oil left over to be able to change it again if needed Image

All done now and no rattles thankfully

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Re: Supercharger rattles

Postby Steve » Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:23 +0000

Excellent!
BTW, there is a mod to remove the internal baffle plate too if you fancy louder superchargery sounds :-)

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Re: Supercharger rattles

Postby Pops » Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:59 +0000

Ha ha, getting too old for any loud noises.
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Re: Supercharger rattles

Postby Bleunos » Tue, 18 Aug 2020 5:54 +0000

I second Steve's motion after all, it's called a supercharger, not a mediocrecharger!


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Re: Supercharger rattles

Postby Steve » Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:36 +0000

:-D
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