Well, I found out why I have a vacuum leak
It seems that one of the bolts that holds the supercharger on came loose and fell off. The only problem was that this bolt hold the SC to the intake manifold INSIDE the intake manifold!! So I really have no idea why my engine is still in one peice. The supercharger blades are a little banged up from the bolt being thrown around everywhere. When I took the intake manifold off I found the bolt resting on top of one of the intake valves! The valves seem fine though (I'm not really sure how!). When the bolt came loose, that is what caused the vacuum leak in the gasket. I'm very very lucky. But in the process of taking the supercharger out I also destroyed my knock sensor. Autozone said their 112$, I just bought one on HT for 47$.

The blade ends are a little rough, but they still seem to make good contact.



Intake a little beat up

Only a chip on the exit blades



Modified by mrlegoman at 7:36 AM 4/22/2006


Modified by mrlegoman at 7:37 AM 4/22/2006

 

ewe , thats nasty

 

I'm sure the 700 miles I drove home didn't help either

 

who assembled the SC to the manifold. you have to loctite that stuff!!!

and theres not too much of a good explanation on how you didnt grenade the engine - lucky bastard!

 

someone cares for you very much up in the sky.......

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by falconGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">who assembled the SC to the manifold. you have to loctite that stuff!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>The original owner said that the bolts were "blue" loctited....about two years ago. It was just one of those little things I overlooked when I did my check-over before hittng the track. I bought some red loctite this time.

 

you my friend are lucky!

 

so do you feel a loss in power from the baldes being beatin to death?

 

Wow..come to think of it, i wonder how my bolts are holding up.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redlinegsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so do you feel a loss in power from the baldes being beatin to death?</TD></TR></TABLE>No. After I noticed the vacuum leak I took it easy. There wasn't that big of a change or any tinking noises for me to be concerned at the time.


Modified by mrlegoman at 12:25 PM 7/16/2003

 

With your luck, go play the lottery NOW!

 

god loves you...and to buy a turbo.


Modified by Turbo E at 12:46 PM 7/16/2003

 

I sent an email to Jackson Racing asking what they though of the situation and have not heard anything back yet