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does anyone have a problem with oil leaking somewhere around the impeller. i took my inlet tube off the other day and noticed some oil laying on the inside of the clamp. i cleaned it off and again today there is some more there. it is not alot but noticible. there is also a slight film of oil in the discharge side of the s.c. just wondering if i should go ahead and yank it off and send it back to paxton.
I had the exact same problem, so did a few other blower guys.
The oil is coming out of the TB, down the discharge, into the blower, and out of the inlet.
Inspect your TB, if it is wet then that is your problem.
Let us know.
Ian
how is it coming from the tb? i have the lines rerouted like it said to do in the instructions, theres no way i can be getting it from the valve cover like that. i didn't notice any oil around the tb, mainly around the clamp by the impeller
It comes up from pressure in the crank case. Do you have a breather?
Ian
yes i have a k&n breather on the filler tube. how do you mean. by pressure building up in the crankcase it is coming up into the intake and into the tb
Yep exactly.
When I take my intake off it has oil in it, when I take off my discharge it has oil in it and my TB is wet.
Ian
huh, hopefully thats what it is then. getting me worried thinking the 9 psi is killing it already.
Watch it very carefully, if your TB is NOT wet, then pack that sucker up and send it back.
Ian
well i now have little metal shavings coming out of the discharge side of the s.c. i took it off and i'm going to the place where i bought it in the morning, they said they had one they would swap me with.
Wow, I am very surprised! Let us know what Paxton tells you. I would like to know the actual failure.
They are going to swap it out for free?
Ian
i had bought it from summit racing in tallmadge, ohio. they are going to swap it for me. paxton said that they would rebuild it but it would take about a month, so i'm just going to take it to summit in the morning and get a new one. i'm going to try and keep track of it though and find out from paxton what happened to it. i'm sure all that summit will do is just ship it to paxton to get fixed. i just hope that the metal shavings didn't get into the bottom end of the motor. i'm going to drain the oil tomorrow and find out. if there is i'm going to be giving paxton a call and complain about this one big time. if there is shavings in there i think they owe me another motor. what do you think?
I hope it all works out.
I hope that nothing made it by the TB and down into the intake. How much metal are we talking about? Lots?
Paxton will not help you out as their disclaimer says they are not responsible for your car once the kit is bolted in. I do not know if that is the exact wording, but close :)
Drain the pan, and let us know.
I would also suggest you take off your oil feed and return to clean them out.
Ian
i'm definately going to change the oil at least 3 times. need to get me a shorter belt to run it without the supercharger so i don't have to worry bout getting the shavings into the new supercharger. i already converted everything over last night to run it without the supercharger but don't have a short enough belt, think i'm going to run it like that for a few to make sure everything is clean.
Very good idea!
Ian
well got my new s.c. this morning. no hassles out of them or anything. they looked in the box to make sure it was in there and went and got my the new one. couldn't beleive how smooth it went with them, figured they would give me some kind of a hard time on it. going to start on it in the morning. hopefully i don't have any problems out of this one
Great to hear!
Summit is a great company to deal with.
Ian
.. when you have to take something back to them.
This is why I like Summit (though a lot of people seem to really enjoy bad mouthing them).
But yes, I bought my blower from Muscle Motors, too, on Ebay. The guys were great to me and I really hope I don't have to go that route. So far after 2000 miles, my Novi is doing fine, and I did get panicky about some oil in the intake tube, but it looked like it was from the K&N. None in the discharge side.
I have bought thousands of dollars at Summit, and I am VERY pleased!
Ian
Summit is a great company to deal with. I usually get my stuff in 2 days tops and that's with ground shipping!!
well got the novi back on the other day and now i have a blown head gasket. just can't win from losing. hopefully get the head gaskets changed without any problems.
Wow, you have had some bad luck! Let us know how you make out. If possible, take some pics so we can see how you did.
Thanks
well bout got it all back together. it was a headgasket problem, on the divers side between #6 and #7 cylinders. would have had it together tonight if i would have gotten all my head bolts, have to pick up the rest of them in the morning. hopefully have her going again by tomorrow evening. forgot to snap pics so far, maybe get some tomorrow before i get her all together.
Great! The more pics the better!
Ian
well i got it all back together but i still have the same problem. there is still air getting into the coolant system somehow. i did both a compression test and leak down test which both were ok. i have a new 3 core radiator, new 180 stat, new hoses, new water pump. what else could it be. the funny thing is that if i set there and keep it reved up to about 3 grand it will stay cool but when i let it idle it will start to heat up. then every now and right about when the stat should open up the temp gage will climb up really quick and the coolant will start to rush out the radiator, it will blow about half the coolant out when it does this. i'm stumped.:(
This is a dumb question, but did you "burp" the system to get the air bubbles out? When you do that the coolant level drops alot, maybe you are just short a little coolant?
Ian
yep, it is burped. plus the stat has a hole in to allow air to pass through.
which way does the coolant flow? does it come into the intake and then into the top of the radiator? right now i have the spring on the stat in the housing. should it be in the intake? would this be causing my problem?
well it ended up being 2 things. one my stat was in backwards and 2 the fan clutch wasn't engaging. for now i drilled two holes in the fan clutch and put 2 screws in it, works great for now. going to autozone in the morning to either buy another clutch unit or get a flex fan. already have one flex fan i didn't use from another vehicle, probably going to trade it in on one for the mustang.
Great! So you are all set??
I am glad to hear you found the problem!
Ian
yep, i'm all set now. can't beleive thats all it was. i still have some small bubbles coming into the overflow though, not for sure about that. have you guys had any luck with the flex fans? i heard that they are notorious for flying apart. sorry for not getting any pics, get in a big hurry and never thought about it, or i did at least when i already had it together. ooh well if nothing else i at least have some good head gaskets on it now.:D
When you say Flex Fans, do you mean the one that bolts to your stock location? Or do you mean an Electric setup?
Ian
i'm refering to the one that is driven from the belt. i ended up just getting a replacement clutch for the fan today though. doing a good job keeping it cool so far.
Great to hear!
Ian
If you're seeing bubbles from the engine after it has reached operating temp, it is possible this is being caused by localized boiling. Try a new radiator cap, preferably one that holds 15-16 pounds of pressure. This will raise the boiling point of your cooling system. If you are getting large quantities of bubbles right at cold startup, argh!Quote:
Originally posted by slider_buck
yep, i'm all set now. can't beleive thats all it was. i still have some small bubbles coming into the overflow though, not for sure about that.
don't beleive i have any when it is cold, just after being run for awhile. i did put a new cap on it, haven't paid any attention to it since then though. its been running ok though, which is a plus.