Spun Blower bearing
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Yep my blower grenaded itself. I wish I would have gotten pics before taking to the dealer.
I was driving the car heard a squeal pulled off the highway and everything went to hell.
The Blower casing has a hole in it, the driver intercooler is trashed.
Timing tensioner on the driver bank is trash, bent several valves, spun a couple of bearings from the debries in the oil
When the tech tore the blower apart the screw cartridge bearing on the driverside had the ***** missing from the race. its unclear if that caused the catostrophic failure, Im just glad no shrapnel make it in the cabin or pierced the body panels.
So far the repair bill is just shy of $12K.
This includes:
New Driverside intercooler
Motor
supercharger.
Who knows what else it will need.
P.S.: I dont think my aftermarket warranty company likes me very much right now.
I was driving the car heard a squeal pulled off the highway and everything went to hell.
The Blower casing has a hole in it, the driver intercooler is trashed.
Timing tensioner on the driver bank is trash, bent several valves, spun a couple of bearings from the debries in the oil
When the tech tore the blower apart the screw cartridge bearing on the driverside had the ***** missing from the race. its unclear if that caused the catostrophic failure, Im just glad no shrapnel make it in the cabin or pierced the body panels.
So far the repair bill is just shy of $12K.
This includes:
New Driverside intercooler
Motor
supercharger.
Who knows what else it will need.
P.S.: I dont think my aftermarket warranty company likes me very much right now.
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I had track debris punch a 1/2" hole through one of my turbo compressor housings one day and it made no noise so I went back out. The other turbo over spun trying to compensate for the loss of boost and I ended up ingesting bits.
I'm still straightening that mess out.
This compressor failure has me worried or is this just spoils of the hot rodding you guys are doing?
I'm still straightening that mess out.
This compressor failure has me worried or is this just spoils of the hot rodding you guys are doing?
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The blower had about 8K miles on it, it was just replaced.
The warranty company gave me hassles over wanting to have it serviced at the Jag dealership vs an Indie so the indie shop replaced or rebuilt the blower..
Guess this is a VERY EXPENSIVE lesson for the warranty company.
Its a covered repair so they are shelling out to have it fixed.
The bill just keeps climbing, I have feeling this is going to turn into an ordeal.
they refered me to a local shop who doesnt know anything about Jaguars but does work with Ford/Eaton blowers. ( I gave in after arguing with them)
The warranty company gave me hassles over wanting to have it serviced at the Jag dealership vs an Indie so the indie shop replaced or rebuilt the blower..
Guess this is a VERY EXPENSIVE lesson for the warranty company.
Its a covered repair so they are shelling out to have it fixed.
The bill just keeps climbing, I have feeling this is going to turn into an ordeal.
they refered me to a local shop who doesnt know anything about Jaguars but does work with Ford/Eaton blowers. ( I gave in after arguing with them)
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Oh jeeze what a PITA. So how do you think the independent shop screwed up?
Bad rebuild by them or a crummy rebuilt blower?
I think you are correct. The warranty company is going to look to minmize their loses. The shop that screwed it should be responsible. Like I'm sure you want to go there again ...
Best of luck with this. I KNOW the feeling I'm on my second engine rebuild for the track car after 1.5 hours on the engine. Two crank galley plugs came out.
Bad rebuild by them or a crummy rebuilt blower?
I think you are correct. The warranty company is going to look to minmize their loses. The shop that screwed it should be responsible. Like I'm sure you want to go there again ...
Best of luck with this. I KNOW the feeling I'm on my second engine rebuild for the track car after 1.5 hours on the engine. Two crank galley plugs came out.
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WOW I go out of town for a bit and mafi goes blowing his jag up! Sorry to hear that man, I know the down time sucks! At least you will get a new mill out of it, shame you cant get upgrade some cams and heads while its out
Interested to see what the motor work runs up to. Makes me cring when i spray it knowing what these blocks cost, but its to fun to take it safe
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Interested to see what the motor work runs up to. Makes me cring when i spray it knowing what these blocks cost, but its to fun to take it safe
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I am running the stage 1 coolmist kit with 75/25 water meth ratios. It dosnt make much more power as best I can tell but should help with heat and timing pull on back to back runs. I made 10 passes over the day at one of our outlaw guys track rental in Bristol Tenn. It got faster as I got the hang of launching it. The peg leg diff sucks though. I think on spray its mid 12s all day with a good launch wich is tricky with this car, i got two good ones all day!
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