Hi Niko! Sorry to hear you are having the same problems as me! It is anoying me, as I recently bought another SC of ebay, which apparantly is new in box" I was hoping to get rid of the noise. To my disbelief; the groaning noise is still there, although not as bad. Can be heard when the engines starts, and then a bit more vague than before.
And this time the specialist told me it`s down to too much tolerance inside my charger? The first charger he said it was bearings?
I have a feeling it`s not the SC and something hopefully not as exspensive?
Maybe we both can get somebody on here to solve it once and for all.
I was always under the impression; when the bearings go, the SC starts the ratelling inside, and you hear like a sound of marbles ratelling inside?
Maybe it`s down to both are SC needing some OIL??
It is just strange how my specialist diagnosed my first SC, as to a bearing problem. Then with the same sound on the replacement SC only a little quieter "Groaning"; saying it is a tolerance issue??
Hopefully for your sake, you might not need to buy another SC, and it could just be that it needs a little oil, and the same with me
I drive my car daily, the specialist assured it was ok to drive with that noise. So you should be ok to driver your car. But then again is this specialist giving me the right advice?
Although I trust them as they go championship racing throughout the year, and know MINI`S very well.
I got a recent reply on here telling me to remove the belt, and move; by hand all the attachments too feel if there are any un-smooth movements.
To round things up NAM- do we need OIL? Internal Water Pump Drive? Pulley Tenosiner?...
