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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 10:30 PM
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So today I noticed that my eaton charger is louder then normal. Just wanna know what I need to do before it becomes a bigger issue. Do I change the oil or bearings or could it be something else. Thanks in advance
Old Jun 13, 2011 | 11:40 PM
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Have you ever done any maintenance on your blower? Its recommended to change the supercharger oil around 100k miles (get the oil from a Chevy/GM dealer...half the price and the same stuff...at least in my neck of the woods it is). I doubt the oil would make it sound different, but you never know. For anything but an oil change, you should probably have a shop certified to work on superchargers inspect it. Could also be a pully or idler pully bearing going out...they'll also make a whining noise, but obviously not as loud.
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 05:17 AM
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could be numerous things like bigphil said...could even need to rebuild the eaton...if you find out that the eaton is shot please just throw a KB or whipple on there lol
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 08:04 AM
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I wanted to go whip 3.4 but it's a little early in my plans to do that
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 11:19 AM
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i kinda wish my eaton would go out for that reason i been wrecking everything else lol
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 12:48 PM
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Change the Eaton geal oil.....
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 03:03 PM
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Sounds like it's too late for an oil change. Bearings might be shot...
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mrwhipple
Sounds like it's too late for an oil change. Bearings might be shot...
That's true....oil is a simple "cheap" start!
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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I'll start with the oil change........ What should I be looking out for after the oil change?
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Chieflikalotapus
I'll start with the oil change........ What should I be looking out for after the oil change?
Getting your supercharger rebuilt is ridiculously cheap. I would just go that route for now, if it keeps making noise after the oil change...



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