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Old 16th March 2019, 19:58   #1
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Default Diesel intercooler query

Had a wee rummage under the duo tone today, and noticed the leak intercooler didn’t look too smart on the drivers side.
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And from the front, through the grille...

Just wondering if the crud is likely to be due to a hole in the intercooler, or due to the fact that no undertray fitted?
Also spotted a lack of a securing nut on the exhaust flange...



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Old 16th March 2019, 20:07   #2
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That doesn't look oily enough for a leak to me

PM me your address if you need an exhaust nut posting, I have new ones.
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I don’t know about leaking, it looks as though it has been driven behind a muck spreader. Certainly is not cooling the air down much. Has the mpg gone down?
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They always benefit from a power wash inside and out, feels like an extra 10bhp once done.
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Old 16th March 2019, 20:54   #5
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That doesn't look oily enough for a leak to me

PM me your address if you need an exhaust nut posting, I have new ones.


Very kind offer Trikey, but I found what looks like a suitable flanged nut in the bits n bobs jar, and tightened it up as much as I could.


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I don’t know about leaking, it looks as though it has been driven behind a muck spreader. Certainly is not cooling the air down much. Has the mpg gone down?


Ha..perhaps it previously lived on a farm!
Couldn’t rightly say if mpg has gone down as I haven’t had it long enough to say.
Getting about 39mpg at the moment compared to 43ish on my other auto diesel saloon.
However, it pulls like a train, drives like billyo, and has no smoke, even on hard acceleration.
I tend to put a “new” car through its paces when I get one, (doesn’t everyone?) so that has to be factored in I suppose.😬


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Old 17th March 2019, 18:51   #7
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Ooh missing stiffnut and for some time too, how did I miss that

Perhaps a visit to specsavers is in order

Anyway, I blame whoever installed the exhaust, as that's been missing for some time by the look of things Sean.

Buy one of THESE and remake the joint.

Was there any hint of black soot around the flange? if so this may be the culprit of the mystery smell

The intercooler, which end was being photographed ?

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Old 17th March 2019, 18:58   #8
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The intercooler, which end was being photographed ?



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I think it’s the driver side going by the picture.
Would need to double check to be sure.



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Actually says driver's side.
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Old 17th March 2019, 19:34   #10
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It looks oily to me , if it had been the other side, I would have thought residue from failed o rings, however oily on that side is either a leak from the PAS cooler pipework joint, or the intercooler itself.

Gunk off the sludge and hose it out, then see what transpires.

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