Help ! Blown Intercooler !
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Help ! Blown Intercooler !
I was pulling my 7000lb Travel Trailer today and my Intercooler blew apart! The actual intercooler, not the hose.. the Plastic housing blew apart from the metal.
There are dozens of bent-over metal tabs that hold the metal to the plastic on each side. My metal tabs actually bent and the Cooler popped apart with a loud bang.
I wasn't watching my boost gauge at the time but I've never seen it over 35psi... Could it be from using my Superchips tuner? (it was in "Tow Safe" mode)
How would this blow apart the inter cooler and not the hose? I don't want this to happen again.
I was wondering how common this is?
There are dozens of bent-over metal tabs that hold the metal to the plastic on each side. My metal tabs actually bent and the Cooler popped apart with a loud bang.
I wasn't watching my boost gauge at the time but I've never seen it over 35psi... Could it be from using my Superchips tuner? (it was in "Tow Safe" mode)
How would this blow apart the inter cooler and not the hose? I don't want this to happen again.
I was wondering how common this is?
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It happens from time to time. Every once in a while someone will post on this forum a similar experience to yours. The best fix is to replace it with an intercooler that has metal end caps vice the stock plastic end caps. I think Spearco and Banks make a couple that you can check out. There may be other vendors out there but these two come to mind. Not cheap though.
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I've already got the truck ripped apart in my driveway. Do you think they'd just give me the intercooler to do it myself?
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Stupid question...What is EPA warranty?
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emissions control warranty, not really called the epa warranty but it covers things like the cat, egr and all things related to ruining our trucks!
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if you've already got it torn apart ford won't cover any of the costs. you could put it all back together and tow it in or you could spend about $500 and get a good one that will lower the temp of the air that goes into the intake which = more power and lower EGT's. from what i have read people tend to favor spearco over the banks but the banks I/C is thicker.
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Well, Ford fixed my truck. All I had to pay was $100 for the warranty deductable.
The intercooler seems to be in high demand right now. My dealer had to order it straight from Detroit becuase there were NO intercoolers any where in Canada !
The intercooler seems to be in high demand right now. My dealer had to order it straight from Detroit becuase there were NO intercoolers any where in Canada !
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also..
When you say 35psi is high for a "Stock" 6.0 are you refering to the stock head bolts or turbo or what exactly?
Because I didn't think that a tuned engine with a high flow exhaust was "stock"