Evening all,
My exige has been in with lotus since Monday having a 8 year service, mot, and a few other bits. They called to say they have noticed suspect whining noise from the engine.
I asked them to investigate, they removed the alternator belt to eliminate that being the fault and have found that the noise is coming directly from the supercharger.
He then went on to explain that the supercharger oil reservoir was completely empty so would suggest just topping that up before making any decisions
Any advice? New supercharger is apparently 2500 plus vat. I’m hopeful that its just low on oil which is causing the noise?
Oh, never heard of this happening before, not even sure how to check the oil level on mine I thought they were sealed for life!
You might be lucky and find a 2nd hand one from someone who has converted to a larger one or changed for an audi engine. I suspect eBay might be worth a look.
I have just spoken with Essex Autosport, the supercharger is in 2 parts, the main body and the nose (which is sealed). If there is no oil in there it obviously has a leak.
It’s highly unlikely to be the main body at fault so they would strongly advise jut replacing the nose (around £500) rather then the entire supercharger
Will book it in with them next month
yeah was about to say the nose has the gears in it