Decoupled June 26, 2007
Blew out the intercooler coupling again on the way to work (besides the autocross incident, it also happened Friday on the dyno). Silly me, didn’t put the necessary tools in my car, so I had to “Ghetto Rig” it on the side of the road — removed the clamp and prayed for it all to stay together under minimal throttle. Got to work and emailed the vendor for the spec on the coupling so I could buy a longer one and they offered to just send me one, so hooray for WBR Performance. I’ll just have to take it easy until the new part gets here…
EDIT: Taking it easy didn’t work, clamp came off again and I think it may be lost this time. My prior ghetto fix would not work at highway speeds but fortunately I still had a roll of “autocross tape” in the car…
EDIT 2: Scrounged up a working clamp from the pile o’ parts in the garage, whew! Was wondering why the ECU didn’t go into “limp mode” to keep the engine going with the leak and some random web surfing brought me to an answer: disconnect the MAF sensor. It’ll probably run rich as sin, and sans boost of course, but it should at least get me to my destination if I get stuck decoupled again…
Tools are now loaded in the car. Will hit my neighborhood Advance Auto Parts in the morning for some extra clamps and see if they have something I can use as a temporary coupling.
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- Author :tby
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