Inter cooler pipe funny
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From: Green Cove Springs,FL
Inter cooler pipe funny
Thought you guys might get a kick out of this 
. I had my intercooler pipe off couple days ago for the foil delete mod, went to put them back in and did the hairspray like everybody said. Well yesterday i was pulling a hill empty and was rolling a little coal and the turbo was screaming and then BOOM and boost went to zero. First thing i thought was s**t 
there went the turbo truck would barely pull itself the rest of the way up the hill got home and the intercooler pipe came off. Guess I didn't get it on as tight as i should have. Everything is buttoned up tight now. thank god it wasn't the turbo.
. I had my intercooler pipe off couple days ago for the foil delete mod, went to put them back in and did the hairspray like everybody said. Well yesterday i was pulling a hill empty and was rolling a little coal and the turbo was screaming and then BOOM and boost went to zero. First thing i thought was s**t there went the turbo truck would barely pull itself the rest of the way up the hill got home and the intercooler pipe came off. Guess I didn't get it on as tight as i should have. Everything is buttoned up tight now. thank god it wasn't the turbo.
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From: Las Vegas
I had taken my passenger side intercooler pipe off this weekend to pull the valve cover off and I would up cleaning the pipe and the boots and used the hairspray trick also. I was worried about overtightening the clamps on the boots and then worried about not tight enough. I know there are torque specs for the bolts but I did not bother looking them up at the time. I did snug them up pretty good. So I know how you might feel; glad nothing worse happened. I guess there is a fair amount of pressure within the intercooler system in order for them to blow off like that.
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From: Middleton, Idaho
We put a wicked wheel on my buddies truck and took it for a test drive. When he went to WOT he quickly blew a boot. The look on his face was priceless, I'm laughing my **** off, he's mad cause he thinks he just blew up his baby. After wiping the tears from my eyes and getting the hood up I show him that he forgot to tighten down the boot clamps fully.
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From: Bridgewater, VA
Ahh guilty, but not on my truck. Did the WW for him cause he's not the brightest crayon in the box, and lil did i forget but on single clamp... BOOM down the road about 500 feet from me (i stayed at the shop) and he made a U-turn in the next driveway and chugged her back. Priceless look on his face when he thought i blew the thing up.
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From: Irmo, SC
I have had the new boots I bought from dieselsite keep poping off. Have tightened them to no avail. Last night while pulling my rig up to Indiana one poped off. I did the ccv mod and noticed there is oil coming out of the turbo right into the pipe. Have cleaned the boots and everything else real good about 3 times now. I am starting to think the oil seal in the turbo is going out.
