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I might have a problem

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Well this weekend I pulled the supercharger off to clean it. After I researched it that your not suppose to clean it. So I was wondering if I ruined the supercharger?
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You might have, how did you clean it? You could have taken the teflon coating off the rotors. Are they gray or bare metal now? You also might have ruined the needle bearings.
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The rotors look pretty close to the same before cleaning and I used throttle body cleaner
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Would I have to replace the supercharger?
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You probably don't need to replace it unless you ruined the bearings. By cleaning it you just lost some of the efficiency.
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As long as it didn't get soaked overnight in gas, ask me how I know...
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MattStrike wrote:As long as it didn't get soaked overnight in gas, ask me how I know...
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Well, how do you know that??
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Because I did it, and the gas made the rotor coating peel off. Yup.
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How hard would it be to replace the needle bearings?
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Easier to replace the whole SC. I sell them for $100.
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What would happen if I put it back on and bearing are bad?
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How deep of a cleaning did you do? Just remove it and clean the carbon off the exterior surfaces? Or did you tear it completely apart, and have to deal with the S/C oil?

If the needle bearings are shot, you'll hear it.
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I just cleaned the area behind the throttle body
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You should be alright. If it starts making funny noises, then it's time to be concerned...
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