intercooler connector

[mr glenn]

Just had the scare of my life was going down 275 on my way to work started building boost got to 14 lbs heard a loud pop got out of it engine sounded fine but all of a sudden no boost drove to work checked everything out and found out it was the hose that connects to the intercooler This was the only place I used a cheap hose clamp I will never get on the car that hard again heading to work but after work on a Friday yes

[shackwrrr]

Yeah its pretty scary. Not at scary as doing it on a customers diesel that you just did $$$$ worth of work on and they are waiting to pick it up lol.

[Vigo]

Hopefully you were nice to it after the plumbing popped. It is possible to over-spin and damage the turbo by running the engine at high load with no charge plumbing.

[turismolover22]

A lot of times its not the clamps fault. Yes cheap clamps arent the best, but if you have no "beading" on the charge pipes, this will aid in a connector slipping off, as there is nothi.g to grip but a smooth pipe.

You can make beading by scuffing up the end of the pipe, and adding a small "roll" of jb weld to the pipe to make a lip. Or if you have the resources, have someone run a quick amall weld across the circumfrence of the pipe.

If it already has a lip, well get you some t bolts. Good luck

[wheming]

You can also use a bit of hairspray on the pipe before you reattach hose.
Also, just cheap worm gear clamps have been proof tested to 28psi when you double them up. ;)

[zin]

+1 to the doubling up the clamps, be sure to put them 180* apart from each other.

Also, if you want to do it "correctly", a bead roller will do just that, roll a bead!

Mike

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+1 to the doubling up the clamps, be sure to put them 180* apart from each other.

Also, if you want to do it "correctly", a bead roller will do just that, roll a bead!

Mike