Cleaning the Up- Pipes?
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Cleaning the Up- Pipes?
Hello Guys,
I have been posting topics about turbo problems that i have been having. A few people have suggested to clean the up pipes. How do you clean the up pipes of the turbo? Also, where are these "up pipes" located. thanks
I have been posting topics about turbo problems that i have been having. A few people have suggested to clean the up pipes. How do you clean the up pipes of the turbo? Also, where are these "up pipes" located. thanks
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In another thread I saw the guys were talking about using simple green to clean the engine. The intercooler pipes are the ones that come from your turbo to the intercooler on the passenger side and from the intercooler to the motor on the driversside. You may have some aluminum foil looking stuff on the one on the drivers side that goes into the motor. Some guys clean all of that off but I here its a PITA! I assume thats what you were talking about.
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Originally Posted by Alpine6
King - you're thinking of intercooler pipes.
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well since it hasnt been answered yet, your IC tubes can be removed with 7/16" deep well socket. Clean and degrease both the silicone hump hose and the intercooler tubes. It helps to spray some hairspray on the boots before your reassemble them to help them stick better. Just dont use your wifes expensive hair spray, not a good idea 
if your feeling real ambitious, do the 2 boots on the intake manifold as well. or just skimp out and tighten the clamps up. do not overtighten any of the clamps, you will break them or split the hoses
if your feeling real ambitious, do the 2 boots on the intake manifold as well. or just skimp out and tighten the clamps up. do not overtighten any of the clamps, you will break them or split the hoses
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On that topic, I've yet to be able to determine how tight is tight enough. The spring clamps are built in such a way that you can't really feel it getting tight. I know I left mine too loose once because it popped off....so when I put it back on...I put it a little tighter (or at least I think I did)
While you have the IC pipes off....might as well do the foil delete mod. Everyone makes it sound bad but it isn't too bad at all. Pull the foil you can with plyers. Then get a good can of WD-40, soak it down, soak a couple of towels and wrap it up. Come back in an hour...soak it agaiin. Take a drill and wire wheel to it and you're done. Mine took 2 hours but that was 1.5 hours of waiting for the process to work.
While you have the IC pipes off....might as well do the foil delete mod. Everyone makes it sound bad but it isn't too bad at all. Pull the foil you can with plyers. Then get a good can of WD-40, soak it down, soak a couple of towels and wrap it up. Come back in an hour...soak it agaiin. Take a drill and wire wheel to it and you're done. Mine took 2 hours but that was 1.5 hours of waiting for the process to work.
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There's another thread running that has some talk of how tight is tight enough. It was reccomended that a 1/4" ratchet be used so as to not be able to over tighten. There is a torque spec that I have seen for the clamps but I cannot remember what it was.
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Well Chuckthetruck, is any of this what you were asking about? Hope so because I cannot think of any good reason to clean the up pipes. I do know that the spec for the turbo up pipe clamp is 62 lbs/in. I do that one like all the rest, by feel.
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Originally Posted by Tenn01PSD350
Well Chuckthetruck, is any of this what you were asking about? Hope so because I cannot think of any good reason to clean the up pipes.
Me either mike. Heck, if your gonna clean them, you might as well replace them
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oh and by the way, i found somethign online that said 60 inch pounds for the continuous torque clamps, which equals 5 foot pounds.
EDIT:make that 75 inch pounds for the constant torque and 80 inch pounds for the tbolt style
EDIT:make that 75 inch pounds for the constant torque and 80 inch pounds for the tbolt style