Intecooler swallows sock! no power or boost.

[Ben Swann]

Some of the 5000/200's have a special pipe going into the intercooler intake.
It has a filter similar to a lawnmower filter that is wrapped inside the wall
of the pipe and retained by some plastic tabs.  Somehow the thing came out of
the tabs and got sucked inside the intercooler.  First time I've seen it.

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:kneale at coslink.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:01 PM
To: Ben Swann; 'list submissions'
Cc: 'Ben Swann'
Subject: Re: Intecooler swallows sock! no power or boost.

Where exactly did this thing come from?


At 02:08 PM 10/4/2006 -0400, Ben Swann 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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