E-Force intercooler temp question
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Drifting
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From: skiatook oklahoma
E-Force intercooler temp question
After driving 25 minutes i pulled into the garage, popped hood, checked for leaks (had small one 2 days ago) in coolant lines. Found none, smelled no antifreeze smells. but.....
feeling temps on the intercooler lines and the intercooler tank, they felt barely warm , almost cool to the touch.
opened the intercooler tank, no release of pressure sound, stuck finger into tank and... it was cool. It was full as it should have been. Outside temp is 55 degrees. Engine temp was normal (about 196)
Put a candy thermometer into intercooler tank and it read less then 100, about 90.
Before i go checking intercooler pump/connections, i was wondering..
Question... does your intercooler tank/lines feel cool if outside is about 55 degrees??
feeling temps on the intercooler lines and the intercooler tank, they felt barely warm , almost cool to the touch.
opened the intercooler tank, no release of pressure sound, stuck finger into tank and... it was cool. It was full as it should have been. Outside temp is 55 degrees. Engine temp was normal (about 196)
Put a candy thermometer into intercooler tank and it read less then 100, about 90.
Before i go checking intercooler pump/connections, i was wondering..
Question... does your intercooler tank/lines feel cool if outside is about 55 degrees??
Last edited by ChevyDave; Feb 17, 2012 at 06:21 PM.
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Not sure if I'm following you. The only time the coolant between the intercooler and the heat exchanger will be warm(hot) is is when the supercharger is running under boost conditions. As soon as you get out of the throttle, the internal bypass valve opens and the air flowing past the intercooler is ambient air(55* in your case) therefore there is no heat for the coolant to remove from the intercooler. Not only is the air bypassing the supercharger's rotors is cool, the coolant is being circulated through the heat exchanger located in front of the radiator, which also has 55* air passing through it, cooling it down.
Last edited by JoesC5; Feb 17, 2012 at 08:14 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '13
Look in the intercooler tank with the engine running. The water should be circulating. If it is not it will stay cool. This happened to me once and it turned out that the fuse for the pump had blown. If it is circulating then it is possible you just didn't drive long enough or hard enough for it to get hot.
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Drifting
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Wife had me doing stuff so just now snuck away to check intercooler tank with engine running....
OK!!! water running like crazy in the intercooler tank.
I should have done that last night. Thanks to everyones advice. Giving each responder 2 gold stars or 2 beers or 2 studded tires from my old neon... lol
Yes intercooler must run really cool normally.
OK!!! water running like crazy in the intercooler tank.
I should have done that last night. Thanks to everyones advice. Giving each responder 2 gold stars or 2 beers or 2 studded tires from my old neon... lol
Yes intercooler must run really cool normally.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 7,820
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From: Montreal
St. Jude Donor '13
Wife had me doing stuff so just now snuck away to check intercooler tank with engine running....
OK!!! water running like crazy in the intercooler tank.
I should have done that last night. Thanks to everyones advice. Giving each responder 2 gold stars or 2 beers or 2 studded tires from my old neon... lol
Yes intercooler must run really cool normally.
OK!!! water running like crazy in the intercooler tank.
I should have done that last night. Thanks to everyones advice. Giving each responder 2 gold stars or 2 beers or 2 studded tires from my old neon... lol
Yes intercooler must run really cool normally.
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St. Jude Donor '13
I'm not sure I like everything I've read about water-wetter but I am following this with interest.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208453
It may have potential.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208453
It may have potential.
