Intercooler Punctured

[inissane]

well im driving home from a good night on the weekend and suddenly it wasnt such a good night

didnt see it till the last minute but some punk had put a rather large rock in the middle of the road and I collected it right in the front bar/intercooler. It was almost a foot tall i reckon and 50 metres further along there was a shopping trolley sitting there again in the middle of the road waiting for someone with even slower reaction time than me F*#cking idiots, dont u just love those tools who do that kinda helpful things for humanity

anyway dented the bottom of the intercooler pretty badly but the money shot was the fact that it had pushed it back so sharply that the back of the inlet tank was smashed onto a sharpish piece of chassis metal making about an inch diameter hole.......so no it doesnt drive too well

I guess ill just buy a cheap just jap replacement 600*300 fmic I suppose couldnt see it be worth fixing

BUT my biggest worry now is bit of aluminium or rock having gone through and screwed the motor, hopefully some would have been caught in the cooler since it was on the inlet side but Im spewing - any ideas on the chances of engine damage?? maybe ill just have to see

end rant

cheers guys

[The Dan]

remove the cooler and get that piece out. Then take the cooler to a radiator repair shop and have them weld a plate over the hole.

[inissane]

hmmm yeh ill see how bad it is when i get it off the front guess it would be cheaper than $175 (new fmic) to get the hole welded up

[inissane]

got the cooler off and i think its dead might need a new one!?!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/budwally/DSCN0018.jpg

the inlet is smashed

[Nathan_G1]

s**t dude, thats messed up.......if you catch those guys in the act i rekn i know what ul be doing to em, no doubt id do the same

[krzysiu]

cant you just buy the end tanks from somewhere and just check them on?

[colgf]

you could try a fibreglass repair , as the ends are cast alloy they are very hard to weld- impossible to get a good weld , any good fibreglass shop will bind it up & resin it good as gold , cheapest way I reckon.....

[RB240Dav]

Damn are you lucky that was on the intake side! I have heard of end tanks being replaced. I live in a small town and there's a shop locally that can do it. (no help to you, just an encouragement to look into it)

For the same price as a cheapo intercooler, it might be worth it to get the stock one repaired. Someone with real experience in this could correct me, but I imagine that the stock one flows better than a cheapo.

[matt31]

I am in a similar problem and need the intake side end tank replaced, does anyone know of somewhere in brisbane i could get it done? also does anyone know how much it would cost?

[inissane]

in the end I just got a new one only $200 and with better flow end tanks, couldnt be bothered mucking around

but would be interested what the deal with replacing end tanks is