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Jul 10, 2018 | 02:08 PM

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Paul_59

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Originally Posted by Brutal

You should do the front snout as its barely any more labor, just a part. Youll pay all the labor all over again to wait. And i would also replace the plastic heater cross over pipe on the back of the engine too. It will fail soon after the front one goes. And its much easier on the ftype than all the others. And yes the super charger only lifts up to replaced all these parts and snout you do not remove it from the engine

The TSB for supercharger coupler / snout replacement quotes 3.7 hours labour and some of that time would be included in time to replace your water pipe, it would seem economically to be ideal to have all work done at the same time.

Jul 10, 2018 | 02:22 PM

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addict

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I know it seems silly but I've had this trip planned [departing Friday] for a long time now and the dealer is saying they can't have it all done in time, only the coolant repair... it feels silly to me to pay to remove the supercharger again too but I'm not willing to blow up this trip.

Do you happen to know the part number on the plastic heater cross over pipe on the back of the engine? I can definitely push them to do that too as they're already replacing coolant lines.

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The concern right now is getting the car healthy for the trip -- they're telling me the snout should be done in the next 6 months or so but they don't have the bandwidth to get that done as well this week. I can push on them to try and get it done as well but its a tough sell -- I had to push hard for them to work on it this week at all [they didn't have any appointments for over two weeks from now].

Jul 11, 2018 | 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by addict

lol no I don't know part numbers that's for the parts dept to look up. The dealer will know what pipe that is. It is another common issue and I have had those split open and leak on the test drive after repairing leaks up front. plastic sucks for longevity but its cheap, light weight and everyone uses it now

Jun 15, 2023 | 03:43 PM

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Paul V

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Water pump issues

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Originally Posted by OzXFR

Check the thin plastic coolant pipes (part of the expansion tank system) that run across the top of the front of the supercharger/inlet.
They get brittle with age and crack, one of mine developed a hairline crack in the far right (as you look at the motor) join a few months back and was dripping coolant onto the top of the inlet which was then running down over the belts and the top of the SC.
Start the car up, get the engine warm (ie pressurise the coolant), then gently wiggle those pipes to see if you can spot a leak. Don't wiggle too hard or you risk breaking the pipe right off which would not be fun!

check the neck of the radiator fill cap as it could be cracked & leaking, also check the pully assembly for the belts & the belts themselves as they will squeak loudly when worn..