My first FI build.

[Bob Lob Law]

The wife and I took the mustang to KC Friday to watch her daughter show sheep in the American Royal. On the way home just cruising it made a weird sound and the head temps started climbing quickly. Pulled over to see that one of the idler pulleys on the supercharger bracket came a part and broke the belt. Ended up waiting 4.5 hrs on the side of the road waiting for my dad to bring his truck and a trailer from Springfield(about 2 hrs away) to pull me home. Hopefully ESS is good on their warranty. Dragged it home and going to take the blower and bracket off tomorrow.

Update: Emailed ESS this morning. The email said that it could take up to 3 days to respond. Anyone have a number that I can call?

Update2: ESS reached out to me about an hour ago(6:15ish central time) on the phone. Said that it was weird for that pulley to go bad. But, he said that he would have a new pulley and belt out today overnight! Outstanding customer service so far!

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[Bob Lob Law]

I'm just posting this in this thread as I should have to begin with.

 

[Bob Lob Law]

Supercharger is back off. Parts are already with FedEx and will be here tomorrow.

 

[Wolfys11]

Use locktight this time, theyre right, its uncommon for the pully to come off like that

 

[Bob Lob Law]

Use locktight this time, theyre right, its uncommon for the pully to come off like that

It was loctited and didn't come loose. The bearing in the pulley came apart.

 

[Wolfys11]

It was loctited and didn't come loose. The bearing in the pulley came apart.

Oh, luck of the draw then haha

 

[Bob Lob Law]

Oh, luck of the draw then haha

That's the way I'm looking at it. My buddy just calls it "race car stuff". LOL At least ESS warrantied it quickly and overnighting the parts!

 

[NGOT8R]

I would see about getting the part number off of the damaged bearing and contacting World Wide Bearings and see if they can give you a part number for a ceramic bearing for an upgrade.

 

[Pistol_91]

That's crazy and strange. First time for everything I suppose.

 

[Bob Lob Law]

Alright, the car is back up and running. I must say....I hate new belts! LOL A few more times and it'll be easy enough.

 

[Bob Lob Law]

Checked the catchcan a few times in the first 2,000 miles or so with a little in the bottom of the can. Today I decided to check it since it's been a few weeks and this is what I found. It came from the drivers side. WTF? It's been cold her like 20* F in the mornings. Bad gas? Car runs fine and doesn't seem to have lost any coolant.

 

[NGOT8R]

You’ll be able to do a secondary check when you change your oil, if it looks like that, it’s a problem.

 

[Zrussian13]

Never saw anything like that in my catch can.

 

[Bob Lob Law]

The oil that was coming from the passenger side looks like regular oil.

 

[SheepDog]

High humidity and low temps can cause this. You get a ton of condensation as a result, however, this can also indicate a blown head gasket.

What does the underside of your oil fill cap look like?

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