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Sooo, on the way to Canberra today I gave it a bit of the lead foot and pop no more power.

The symptoms explain to a tee that it could be the intercooler piping has popped off.

Not able to idle runs like shit when forced to, black smoke billowing out, and it sounds kinda like a suby when I hold throttle to 1k 2k.

So now I'll be checking the intercooler piping. This will be my first time so I'll just be checking the fmic and trace the pipe to where it goes.

Is there anywhere else I should look if I don't find anything?

Yes I have googled.

Thank you

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Thanks man. I really hope I find the bastard causing me headache.

Just not looking forward to pulling the front bar off and everything else in my way.

yea i know what you mean been there before, on mine found the pipe connecting to the 'twin turbo' pipe split couldnt see it until i took the snorkel off the airbox

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Like you said just trace all piping, you could also spray soapy water on the hoses and start the car and look for bubbles

You'll only get bubbles if there's boost. At idle it will suck the soapy water in.

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I hate it when the pipes blow off. I would be driving on juice, then you hear a PSSH and its like MOTHERf**k. Check the bigger cooler pipes and if you find nothing, check the vacuum lines. If you still find nothing, do a proper intake pressure test and THEN use soapy water. Soapy water on an idle engine is all vacuum lol.

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I hate it when the pipes blow off. I would be driving on juice, then you hear a PSSH and its like MOTHERf**k. Check the bigger cooler pipes and if you find nothing, check the vacuum lines. If you still find nothing, do a proper intake pressure test and THEN use soapy water. Soapy water on an idle engine is all vacuum lol.

Haha yea just realised that woops :P

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Thanks for the tips guys. But as was said before it was a fairly easy find after you take all the parts off.

I didn't take the bumper apart, I just took the front lip and all the belly plastic off and vuala the on the passenger side, just above the indicator blew off.

I feel so much better now :).

Thanks again you are the best

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Ok back to the drawing board. I have hooked up the intercooler pipe that popped off but the car is acting even wierder now.

My battery was flat so I just got it jump started then. But the car is running terrible.

What else could have gone wrong?! It's not like before where I put the throttle down and I could at least hold the revs. But not now. It just wants to stall straight away.

Wtf else could have happened. Let me just note that I checked the passenger side first and did not think to go to the drivers side.

Any more help/advice?

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