Just wondering what kid of Maintence there is associated with an Intercooler...
Thanks!!

 

Change intercooler oil every 5k miles, check bearing clearances every 30k miles.

Just general stuff.

 

to be safer than that u can try it every 2500 miles like i do

 

i use brake fluid and power steering fluid to clean mine out. i heard the mixture of the oil is superior to that of normal synthetic engine oils!

 

I thought you had to flush the intercooler w/ an water-anti freeze mixture every month...??

I also changed the muffler bearings at the same time.. so i don't forget...


(combined maintinance is the key to a healthy car)

 

"maintenance free".......

 

Sorry guys new to the turbo world. I only have my car running with my fmax kit for a week or sooo until someone fried my rings. So i have a quick question, about oiling ur intercooler. What do u mean by that? thanks guys

 

open up one of the charge pipes off your intercooler and fill it with oil. most intercoolers typically require 2 quarts of oil. if you dont oil your intercooler often the air wont be able to get lubricated properly and it will have very bad flow characteristics.





[Modified by immortal, 10:03 PM 2/25/2002]

 

Haha, you realize this poor guy might do this though...

 

ROTFLMAO, somebodys car is going to be smoking like a Mitsu V6 in a Dodge van.

 

He probably out filling his 1 week old intercooler right now full of 10w-30!!! Poor guy.

 

daym, for a minute there... i was starting to think i had to oil my intercooler. PWAHAHAHAHAHAA!

 

Sooo wrong, but so right at the same time.

 

disclaimer -

We joke around a lot in this forum. Please don't be offended. They are joking. Don't do any of that stuff.

A bath of a light soapy water every now and then might not be a bad idea.

You guys are simply horrible We weren't born with this knowledge you know...

 

thank god i was born with common sense then!@

 

hehe. but seriously.. this is sorta like asking "What sort of maintenance is required in owning a fork?"

 

yup very very true , bunch of jokesters around here!! all in good fun!!! I hope you didnt fill you intercooler with any thing....................if you did DRAIN IT please.....lol

 

I would say the only maintenance would be to give it a large dose of compressed air as often as possible

 

LMAO!!!! Damn high maintenace silverware!!!

 

Maintenance on my forks???? You mean I'm supposed to WASH them or somethin'?

 

Guess we all cant be as smart as you, I can take a joke but buddy grow up, ur supposed to be here to help not to be a jerk-off, but i guess in your case "a tiger never looses his stripes"

 

well the thing is, you shouldnt even bother modifying your car with a turbo if you dont understand how it works. you're bound to break something, then you are going to come back here and ask for help because you blew up your motor because you were running 20 lbs of boost with 240 injectors or whatever.

point is .....
http://www.howstuffworks.com

goto the automotive section, read up about everything and take the time to learn. browse the forums....... dont waste bandwith by asking what is pretty much common sense. ......."AIR" goes through the intercooler......its not gonna require much maintenance.....


oh yeah, you might want to check out http://www.dictionary.com, maintence is not a word last time i checked. like dustin said, "once is a typo, twice is idiocy" (or something)

 

"What are you feeling Lance?" "30 weight or 40 weight?"

"40 weight sounds nice."

 

once again another "online smart ***", dude you gotta start respecting people that dont know everything you know, i mean grow up, i wonder how many people you flame cause you feel your a tough guy. If not, get the hell off this board!, Im sure we can use that account for a non Honda-Tech ****

 

If you want people to be nice to you and hold your hand you should post in the newbie forum. I don't know what site you're originally from, but over here we have standards. Honestly, I don't think people expect you to know everything, but the line must be drawn somewhere.