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Supercharger/Manifold gasket leak

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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 08:11 AM
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Supercharger/Manifold gasket leak

Has anyone had a problem with the gasket between the supercharger and the intake leaking? This is something that you can't miss if it happens as you can hear the whistle of air leaking out that changes with RPM. After the engine gets good and hot it usually goes away as it seems the pieces expand enough to close it up.

I'm going to have it fixed on Monday.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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I've had a problem where the wee lil tab has broken on the plastic tube. The gasket was fine, a little oily, but fine.
 
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 01:25 PM
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The dealer confirmed that the leak was between the supercharger and the super 's intake runner. This has to be unusual.

Five hours of labor. Wish I had other stuff to put on. Oh well!
 
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Old May 31, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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What was the actual fix that the mechanic did? Mine is starting to leak at that same point although the supercharger was replaced 80k miles ago. Its a nagging drip.

Does anyone know of a "how to" to fix this?
 
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