Intercooling Problems

[TGST90]

When I revv engine, upper piping comes off and the intercooler is mounted funny...maybe I installed wrong :/

 

[Usatuff]

Too much motor movement, cheap clamps, not enough of the coupler on the surface area. These are some culprits of intercooler piping coming off. Where exactly is it coming apart? Make sure you have enough coupler on both the pipes or the pipe and the TB, where ever it is popping off. Do you have Tbolt Clamps? Are your pipes beaded?

 

[Evo_This]

Mounted funny how? Like crooked or off centered? Pics would make this much easier.

 

[TGST90]

The upper pipe, where you mount the blow-out valve at, it slips off. All of the other ones stay on. The clamps on that are the screw type and I couldn't get any pics at the time it happen, because it was too dark outside

 

[Usatuff]

factory bov or an aftermarket pipe for the bov? is it beaded? and screw clamps arent the greatest.. try hairspray

 

[TGST90]

Greddy RS BOV, aftermarket piping and it's not bead. Yeah i'm starting to think that now, screw type clamps are pretty dumb

 

[gsxboi55]

Are you using t-clamps. And make sure your couplers are on all the way.

 

[Usatuff]

also beading a pipe will greatly help slip off... have an extra set of vise grips you dont mind messing up?

 

[Tanro]

Bead the pipes.

Also hairspray and tbolt clamps.

 

[TGST90]

I think they're all t-clamps on the piping. I triple checked all my couplers espeically the one on the upper pipe and they're all secured. Yeah I'm going to need bead piping or gorilla glue . I was thinking about ordering a new upper pipe, since it's the only one giving me problems.

 

[Usatuff]

Just bead it yourself http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/custom-fabrication/324132-homemade-intercooler-pipe-bead-tool.html
will save some $$ in the long run

 

[TGST90]

I dont have those tools and what's hairspray...the actual can or something else?

 

[Usatuff]

the actual can

 

[TGST90]

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In this pic my intercooler looks crooked

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That bar in the middle, I think that's what is causing my intercooler to be crooked...should I take it off?

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My intake pipe won't stay on my turbo because of my upper intercooler pipe. Should I just buy a new intake pipe? I also dont have a air filter

 

[LiquidX]

Well you defiantly have a setup right there. You need to bead the pipes and if you cannot get the tool you can go to a shop that does aluminum welding (assuming you have Al pipes) and just get a bead welded on it.

You need to take a picture of the FMIC straight on and level and you can re mount it. It appears to only be held on my the straps so just adjust it.

What's the brand of the kit as you have?

 

[WeaselHack]

I also dont have a air filter

Ooh boy.....

 

[TGST90]

its ETS and I can safely say this whole setup was from the previous owner, I have to fix this mess he made

Its being held on by the straps because I cant fit it correctly, due to the upper pipe location

 

[Usatuff]

1st, cut down the intake pipe and get a filter. its hanging way low especially if it is a DD. 2nd take you intercooler and piping apart and start from scratch.

 

[JusMX141]

I see a GM MAS set up as draw-thru with the intake facing under the car, no air filter, and your wastegate actuator has no pressure source- the hose is just hanging there.

 

[TGST90]

Where do I connect the wastegate hose to, since it was already like that. Im going have to buy a new filter since the car didn't come with one and the pipe isnt fitting because the upper pipe is in the way

 

[Usatuff]

Buy an air filter and then take it all apart. There is a write up on here how to install a FMIC on a 1G. Go through that it will help on how to mount the intercooler

 

[LiquidX]

The waste gate gets hooked up to a pressure source the same way a BOV is hooked up.

 

[TGST90]

The BOV pressure hose isn't connected to anything either. I just have to connect it myself. Where would you usually connect the bov hose and wastegate hose to and where do I find the setup FMIC for my car?

 

[LiquidX]

Both the BOV and wastegate should have their own dedicated preassure source. The BOV should be off of the intake manifold NOT teed into anything. The wastegate would be good from a nipple on the compressor housing, a nipple on the j pipe, or a nipple on the lower piping. Basically closer the better so it operates at the proper boost setting.

 

[TGST90]

Ok, thanks. This car is so jacked up and the previous owner obviously didn't know what he was doing. Ill update on anything else that comes up