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Intercooler leakage
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crazybushman:
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
BlackTieTD:
how much boost do you plan to run?
obviously its not ideal.. but it will work.
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