Author Topic: Intercooler leakage  (Read 2460 times)

June 28, 2004, 09:54:32 am

crazybushman

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Intercooler leakage
« on: June 28, 2004, 09:54:32 am »
Hi!
I was wondering how much leakage is allowed on an intercooler if any?  I bought an intercooler on ebay, it was supposed to be a front mount unit, but I have modified one of the end tanks, so it should fit nice right above my gearbox.  After TIG welding things together, I decided to pressure check it.  I put the pressure up to 25 psi, but I have a leak on one of the lower cores......  I don't know a thing about pulling that kind of stuff apart for repair.  I imagine that the cores are very thin aluminum and wouldn't want to be welded anyways.  I did find that JB Weld will hold 25 psi though :-)  I don't know how to describe how bad the leak is, but it takes around 10-15 seconds to empty out the 25 psi.  What would happen if I ran it as is?  Thanks in advance!

Tyler


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Reply #1June 28, 2004, 12:00:11 pm

BlackTieTD

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Intercooler leakage
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2004, 12:00:11 pm »
how much boost do you plan to run?

obviously its not ideal.. but it will work.