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Old Aug 24, 2012, 03:20 PM
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Just blew lower intercooler pipe any advice?

Ok so ill admit I was getting on it pretty hard and pop! There goes my lower intercooler pipe. Any aftermarket boot kits I.can get
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Originally Posted by wickedwyte06
Ok so ill admit I was getting on it pretty hard and pop! There goes my lower intercooler pipe. Any aftermarket boot kits I.can get
T-bolt clamps.
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a little hairspray also helps.
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Originally Posted by wickedwyte06
Ok so ill admit I was getting on it pretty hard and pop! There goes my lower intercooler pipe. Any aftermarket boot kits I.can get
Originally Posted by FJF


T-bolt clamps.
100% agree!

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t-bolt clamp and you will be ok..
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You can get them locally at any NAPA for cheap... most of the stores dont they know they have them, so tell them it's in their Ideal or balkamp product lines.
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Originally Posted by hatesposers
You can get them locally at any NAPA for cheap... most of the stores dont they know they have them, so tell them it's in their Ideal or balkamp product lines.
That is some good advice right there... .I didn't know that either
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Originally Posted by GTijoejoe
That is some good advice right there... .I didn't know that either
Yeah, they have a big book of universal parts (things like exhaust clamps, terminals, pigtails and the like), my local store calls it "the big blue book" It's listed under clamps... either in the universal, or in the exhaust clamp section.. Turns out most of the NAPAs I have been to stock them, they also sell constant tension spring clamps, and a whole host of other things... they sell them for like a $1-$2 each while most of the aftermarket places sell them for $5+ each.
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Originally Posted by xxthayxx
a little hairspray also helps.
¿ no comprende señor?

Please explain.
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Originally Posted by mrowka
¿ no comprende señor?

Please explain.
Spray the pipe and the coupler and they're less likely to slide apart.
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yea some t-bolts will definatly take care of that for you. use to happen to me once a week with those crummy ones
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Ok thanks guys! So I got new clamps and rolled a bead onto the end of all my pipes, now I have a flipping check engine light pulled it and its showing bank 1 o2 sensor? Could I have fried my o2 by blowing off my charge pipe? Car seems to drive fine? Might not pull as hard but doesnt break up? Could I have.fowled a plug?
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What does the code say? If it says something like insufficient flow or whatever, just drive around a bit and see if the code will go away or get it cleared to see if it'll come back on. Popping off a hose should not foul any sensor.

And yeah, it sounded like a gunshot when mine popped off too. Got T-bolts and never had that problem ever again.
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Could any1 tell me what size of coupler I need for the stock evo 8 intercooler? 2.25? Sorry this is the only thread I see related to this subject.

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