Mini Cooper S Supercharger Fail

Mini Cooper S which has been modified by Hartge, the supercharger started to make a noise so the car was recovered rather than driven.
The PTO - Power Take Off box powers the water pump which in turn pumps water around the engine. Because the PTO box failed, no water was being circulated. I hope this is useful for someone who may be experiencing/hearing a similar noise and is not quite sure.

[@sidewalkMCS]

thanks for the vid! I've always wondered how a failed R53 supercharger sounds. Now I know what to expect.
There's nothing I can do right now but I'd be more prepared then haha.

[@StergiosSotiriou]

So what happened? Did the SC fail? :P

[@TheDuckseason]

all new meaning to grinding gears.

[@twolilsnails]

any update?

[@atilaherrera5631]

What was the mileage on the Mini when the SC began to fail and needed to be replaced?

[@mrslopez137]

Atila Herrera they should be serviced every 100K miles. It’s essentially an oil change that needs to be done on both sides of the supercharger ( pulley side and water pump side)

[@mizaqenyad4269]

@@mrslopez137 yes, but if you wait 100k miles your SC will die. You’re supposed to do it every 15k from what I’ve read.

[@levichance]

@@mizaqenyad4269 Nope, every 100k. The job is too big to do as frequent as a regular service. Also, 100k is about what almost every source says. 15k every service is just a waste of good supercharger oil and a waste of time.

[@mizaqenyad4269]

@@levichance okay buddy do whatever you want. But especially if you’re modified, waiting till 100k is waiting till your supercharger is already shot. It’s not that big of a job at all, especially after you’ve done it a few times.

[@levichance]

@@mizaqenyad4269 Sure that may be true but even the manufacturer says themself around 60 to 100k. This isn't just secondary sources, the main company itself even said around that area.

[@Nelson44771]

When You Don't Give any supercharger Maintenance that's What Happened the Lubricant Oil Dry And Cost Friction And It Happened

[@IOGTKI]

Nelson Maldonado how do maintain it? Never had a car with supercharger before

[@nvrlift-xj3dp]

Game Pleyz it has supercharger oil and it needs changed

[@mrslopez137]

TK 4rmWisco you need to service the supercharger every 100K miles. It’s essentially an oil change. I did mine and found the levels to be low.

[@Rogue.Rider0]

How did that happen?

[@mrslopez137]

S. Vance it happens because they don’t get serviced every 100K miles, you have to do an oil change on them or they run dry and grind against each other.