Hey y'all. 2006 R52 JCW. We have owned her less than a year. At 106000miles I have had a real urgency to service the supercharger. Got to it today and when I went to drain the oil, zero came out. Bone dry both ends. There are no signs of leaks and it runs fine. Blades look great. Idle speed rattle was the only symptom. I filled it up and put it back on.
So how long do I have before I have to peel off another two grand?

 

How is your supercharger holding up? Have you put many miles on since your post above?

 

The bearings felt fine when we serviced it. Immediately following service the car did 350 hard miles in 2nd and 3rd gear at 7000RPM in the blue Ridge Mountains with the Tarheel MINI club on the Dragon and Skyway. Since then its had another thousand miles of abuse. No issues, runs and sounds as it should. The car hauls ***. A 2% balancer and high flow cat and Milltech header are in the shopping cart.

 

That's great news. When I serviced my SC there was no oil in the back end. After completing the service, I ran the car a few hundred miles and then changed the back end again when I removed the SC to remove the cylinder head. Haven't had a chance to drive the car since. Your experience gives me hope that the SC will be ok.