Intecooler swallows sock! no power or boost.

[Shawn Manny]

so thats where all my socks go...I though I had a gnome in my dryer

On 10/4/06, Ben Swann <benswann at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> That's right - it ate a filter sock!  Late '89 200 tq avant had been taken
> to
> numerous mechanics before I got it.  It would not rev. over 4kRPM and had
> no
> power.  Car had brand new distributor among other fixes from prior
> shops.  I
> noticed it seemed to have unusually low vacuum in the .1 to .2 range under
> most conditions.   I found the Michelin Man hose to be shot - can't
> believe
> the other shops didn't replace this first.  The new hose was being sucked
> in
> when throttle opened!   The car ran even worse with the new hose -
> interesting!
>
>
>
> I checked turbo - spun freely.  I bypassed the intercooler and engine
> revved
> freely then blew off the test hose.  Pulled the intercooler thinking it
> might
> be loaded with oil - none came out, but removed it anyway.  There it
> was  -
> the adaptor hose lost the oil trap filter (why'ed they do this?)  and it
> got
> sucked into the intercooler, pretty much blocking the flow.
>
>
>
> Chock this one up for the archives.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
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