Rust inside intercooler pipes
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Rust inside intercooler pipes
My ic tubes have some surface rust inside. When I ran a wire brush through quite a bit of debris/rust came out. According to Stephanie, just need to wire brush it and after they're installed oil will coat the tubes to keep them from rusting. Will also probably spray some ospho inside to kill the rust. Any other suggestions?
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I don't see how you;ll coat the inside of the pipes. clean um and throw them in, your breather line will deposit a fine mist of oil throught the entire piping, they won't rust from the inside.
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They are chosen to shed heat before the air charge even reaches the intercooler. Silicone pipes insulate the air charge before the intercooler, BEGi saw a 20*F drop in temps between the turbo and IC with the use of thier MS pipes.
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yes SS retains heat very well.
while it can rust, i don't think it's a concern. The benefit of MS of aluminum is the sturdiness and the ease of welding over using tons of couplers.
while AL should weight less, they use a fairly thin walled MS. The first pipe off the turbo is about half the weight of my current pipe of the same length with the walls being about x2 the thickness.
while it can rust, i don't think it's a concern. The benefit of MS of aluminum is the sturdiness and the ease of welding over using tons of couplers.
while AL should weight less, they use a fairly thin walled MS. The first pipe off the turbo is about half the weight of my current pipe of the same length with the walls being about x2 the thickness.
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