Thread: Supercharger grinding noise..

Well ive noticed my supercharger is making a grinding noise. Its faint.. But its still there. I checked the oil.. Its slightly low, so I am going to buy some and hopefully that fixes it. However, does anyone else have any suggestions of what might be the problem? && When i took the filler plug off.. I decided to smell it.. And I couldnt stop gagging for a couple minutes it smelled soo bad. Is it suppose to be like that? Should I change the oil all together? The car has just over 132k miles. Replys would be much appreciated! Thanks!

Yeah, S/C oil smells like ****.
New oil is clear like water.

Yes gear oil does have a strong smell, its not too bad.

You sure its the supercharger tho, have you taken the belt off to just be sure? Also when the belt is off, spin the supercharger by hand to feel for play.

Alright. The oil isnt black. Its about the same color as clean motor oil. && I am pretty positive that it's the sc.

What should I do? Have it rebuilt? Buy a new/used one?

run it till the bearings are screaming there heads off, no point in doing anything now if it still works right.

if theres play in the pulley its the coupler and is an easy fix.

ZZPerformance - Supercharger Coupler #ZZ-SCCPLR,

Which supercharger do you have, or please tell us the year of your car.

Based on that, I'd send you to RollingPerformance.com for the bearings, coupler and oil.

1999 gtp

All stock that I know of.