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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 08:08 AM
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This thread may be too old to count, but after 176K my SC seems to be doing fine. I pulled the SC back at about 100K when doing an alternator R&R and replaced the gaskets (IIRC) and changed the oil. This winter at about 170K I replaced the oil (by using a long tube and sucking it out of front & rear and that's about it.
I am starting to think about what parts to stock up on to do some sort of "200K" party, like new shocks & bushings, motor mounts, all the stuff that hasn't gone south on me yet.
 
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Old Jun 7, 2015 | 04:49 AM
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I've got over 130,000 miles on my SC and it seems to be doing just fine. It's making great boost, isn't leaking, and not making any weird sounds. I figured that it's not worth it to pull it off and do an oil change on it......I'm just going to leave it until I still having issues....and then replace it with a rebuilt unit.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2017 | 01:30 PM
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Reading my earlier posts in this thread. Funny to see how much I've learned over the years. After 160,000 miles, my supercharger finally bought the farm.

There's a TVS900 in my not-too-distant future.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2017 | 06:07 PM
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Haha, yeah. I got nervious around 190,000 and replaced mine with a newer one. Then when I rebuilt my engine at 366,000 I noticed that the “newer” supercharger wasn’t don’t do well, so I put my old one back on. The plan was to rebuild it, but never did. So currently it is somewhere north of 230,000 miles. Most of it with a 15%pulley.

Nik
 
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Old Dec 20, 2017 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by xsmini
Haha, yeah. I got nervious around 190,000 and replaced mine with a newer one. Then when I rebuilt my engine at 366,000 I noticed that the “newer” supercharger wasn’t don’t do well, so I put my old one back on. The plan was to rebuild it, but never did. So currently it is somewhere north of 230,000 miles. Most of it with a 15%pulley.

Nik
That is most impressive, especially with the gears on both ends. It's ain't broke don't fix it.
 
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Old Dec 22, 2017 | 05:31 AM
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I'm almost at 160,000 miles......still no issues (knock on wood).
 
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Old Dec 23, 2017 | 07:43 PM
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OK, I am at 211,000 miles on my original JCW supercharger. Just did an oil change in conjunction with a radiator replacement. Put one of those SC EZ oil change kits on and hope to get another couple hundred thousand more out of it.
 
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