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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 01:03 AM
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Repeat Intercooler Issues

At 70k miles, I had the intercooler replaced due to the typical "skip and shutter" with grey smoke while mostly towing in the rain. Intercooler had a hole because the coolers behind it had oil stains on them. At 75k miles, I'm towing 15k through South Carolina. When the truck goes to downshift and jump up over 2500 rpm's, the problem is back. Not raining, but humidity was high. Is this just a fluke chance that I got a bad cooler again or is this something I'm gonna just have to expect towing in humid or rainy conditions?
 
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 12:21 PM
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I think unless you go aftermarket your going to have the same issue.....at least that is what I had heard.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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Spearco; Banks are a couple that I know of aftermarket wise.

Interesting that even towing you were coughing.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 03:56 PM
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Oh yeah. It will spit an sputter for a few seconds then straighten out. The more it's in and out of the throttle the less it happens.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 07:38 PM
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The TSB cooler was a 90% cure. Now I have the Banks CAC. Problem solved....
 
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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ever though of having a petcock installed on it?
 
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 08:08 PM
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ever though of having a petcock installed on it?
Hasn't crossed my mind. In these situations, how much condensation is actually making it into the CAC in your opinion?
 
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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ive pulled a cup out before in my stall. dont know how long it was in there though.
 
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Dang. That's a good amount of water.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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Beyond the petcock idea, how about a NO solenoid valve that will close when ACC power comes on, thus auto draining whenever the truck is off?
 
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