oil in intercooler
#1
oil in intercooler
stripped my subaru legacy down today.
it was smoking with oil init,upon stipping it down found oil in the intercooler cud this be the cause of the oily smoke or could it be something moore sinister.
engine had a rebuild 2years ago and has only done 10000 since then
nead advice
it was smoking with oil init,upon stipping it down found oil in the intercooler cud this be the cause of the oily smoke or could it be something moore sinister.
engine had a rebuild 2years ago and has only done 10000 since then
nead advice
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i had a rebuild on my p1 mate and then about 8 mounths later started to get aload of oil in the intercooler only noticed when i had a frount mount fitted so i got a oil catch tank fitted as well but it hasent helped at all cos its now of the road for a while why i rebuild every thing for more power and the intercooler was covered again it was even coming of the dumpvalve scooby clinic reccomened a engine rebuild
had the car a year and blown 2 clutches up 1 gearbox 2 engines
so going fully forged 2.1
ppg gearbox
and allready got exedy twin plate
please no more explosions
had the car a year and blown 2 clutches up 1 gearbox 2 engines
so going fully forged 2.1
ppg gearbox
and allready got exedy twin plate
please no more explosions
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There are two issues which can lead to oil in your intercooler....
OE cars have the head & crankcase breathers vented to the air intake, the thinking is that the vapours are just burnt off in the combustion process. If you bypass these to a catchcan then you don't have any oil vapours returned to the intake.
If you still have oil in the intercooler after doing the bypass mod then your turbo seals are probably on the way out and letting oil back into the compressor housing. Turbo service would be recommended if it's bad enough.
OE cars have the head & crankcase breathers vented to the air intake, the thinking is that the vapours are just burnt off in the combustion process. If you bypass these to a catchcan then you don't have any oil vapours returned to the intake.
If you still have oil in the intercooler after doing the bypass mod then your turbo seals are probably on the way out and letting oil back into the compressor housing. Turbo service would be recommended if it's bad enough.
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aah !
You need one of these....
Crawford Performance
http://store.crawfordperformance.com...jpg?1229730127
I have been looking at these recently and was surprised that Crawford Performance - the people who prepare Ken Blocks engines / cars - have a stage 2 sti package of ecutek + downpipe only + air oil seperator . Never seen anybody recommend such a device as a basic tuning mod... must be good ?
Crawford Performance
http://store.crawfordperformance.com...jpg?1229730127
I have been looking at these recently and was surprised that Crawford Performance - the people who prepare Ken Blocks engines / cars - have a stage 2 sti package of ecutek + downpipe only + air oil seperator . Never seen anybody recommend such a device as a basic tuning mod... must be good ?
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