Intercooler service??s

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Jan 30, 2011 | 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by mueckster

I removed my stock aluminum tanked IC and stood it on its end for over a week before sending it to one of our OBS 7.3 members. After ~170k miles with a closed CCV system with trap routed back to the intake for about half that time, I drained only 1 TABLESPOON of oil from the end tank. Hardly worth the trouble of pulling one unless you had a turbo failure.

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Originally Posted by Pocket

I did the same thing when I upgraded my intercooler. At just under 100k miles, I didn't even get a drop of oil to come out.

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Originally Posted by jetdoc

I found the same in mine after 345000. I did clean it but noticed no difference.

Thanks for the feedback guys! I was suspecting it would be a waste of time plus with my luck I'd end up damaging something.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.