Intecooler swallows sock! no power or boost.

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Eh?  Oil trap filter?   :-?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Swann" <benswann at comcast.net>
To: "'list submissions'" <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: "'Ben Swann'" <benswann at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:08 PM
Subject: Intecooler swallows sock! no power or boost.


> That's right - it ate a filter sock!>
S-N-I-P
> 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
as  -
> 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.
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> Chock this one up for the archives.
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> Ben
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