As I was cruising down the highway around midnight last Sunday the charger tube blew away from the intercooler. Today, thinking of course that the intake must be clogged again, I was in the process of removing the intake manifold for cleaning. When I removed the race pipe I saw a completely clean intake! Well, save for a little oil it was clean, no gooey build-up at all.
So my question is: what else could have caused a situation where the charger tube would blow off of the intercooler?
2001 Jetta TDI, auto, 255,000 miles. The only mods are the race pipe and an Upsolute chip. I had the turbo replaced about 50k ago and I had previously replacd the factory clamp with an aftermarket clamp where the tube and intercooler join. The new clamp is a little wider and more difficult to set in place properly. Could this clamp have been improperly set and slowly worked loose since the turbo replacement or might I have another problem? Would a clogged intercooler have caused this? It was cleaned when the turbo was replaced.
Many thanks for any helpful insight you can offer!!
So my question is: what else could have caused a situation where the charger tube would blow off of the intercooler?
2001 Jetta TDI, auto, 255,000 miles. The only mods are the race pipe and an Upsolute chip. I had the turbo replaced about 50k ago and I had previously replacd the factory clamp with an aftermarket clamp where the tube and intercooler join. The new clamp is a little wider and more difficult to set in place properly. Could this clamp have been improperly set and slowly worked loose since the turbo replacement or might I have another problem? Would a clogged intercooler have caused this? It was cleaned when the turbo was replaced.
Many thanks for any helpful insight you can offer!!
