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Hi,I'm after some advise ,after installing a Apexi pod ,I discovered that it was some oil residue on the rubber joint between the turbo and the intercooler (stock)...Is that normal or something is wrong???

Any help is welcome...

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No,There isn't much just concerned about :

A.- I supossed that should not be any oil inside that pipe.

B.- Maybe the joint is cracked (when last week I tooked the plastic cover from the engine the hose between the breathers was cracked)

BTW ,Does anybody remember the diameter of the rubber joints (the one i'm talking about and the other on top of this one that goes from the intercooler to the plenum????? (thinking to replace them with silicone ones).

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Dont think you deserve a reply without having a heat shield and cold air feed on that pod mate :) especially in summer!

I know it's my next step when I return to work on monday ,will try to get a piece of aluminium and make a decent one...

Airbox FTW

And yes,I know it too but i got to give it a go...with this shit is like having a jet at the front...

After all this lovely critics..does anybody have a nice answer about my questions?

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oil in the intercooler pipes is normal, its called "blow by". if you search SAU you will see alot of thread about it. it basically comes from the oil breathers and is blown back through the pipework by the turbo. this is why you see people installing oil catch cans, to baffle the oil vapour out of the air before it is sucked up by the turbo, but its not necessary. i wouldn't worry about it.

if you are still interested in changing the old black joiners for new silicone ones, you'll find they are an odd size. they aren't 2.5 inch, and they aren't 2.25 inch. they are in between, more like 2 and 3/8 inch, you can get silicone in this size but its rare. most places stock 2.25 and 2.5 inch, so when you get them, you either need to stretch a 2.25 inch joiner over the pipe, or compress a 2.5 inch one down abit to get a seal. also be careful of the wide style T-Bolt clamps you can buy, some of the 2.5 inch ones dont compress enough onto the stock black cooler pipes, and also some of the 2.25 inch ones are too small to fit over the 2 and 3/8 inch pipe and silicone. i know that because i'm in the process of changing all of mine.

some of the sizes:

im sure the turbo output is the same as the cooler pipes. 2.25 inch

the alloy crossover pipe (just before the inlet plenum) is 2.5 inch where the black cooler pipe meets it. so you will need to either squash a 2.5 inch straight joiner onto the black cooler pipe, or buy a 2.25 inch to 2.5 inch reducing straight joiner and stretch it over.

and if your keen to do another one the alloy crossover pipe to throttle body is 3 inch.

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