Allisport intercooler installation

Driving home on the Freeway this afternoon and the intercooler hose blew off again:censored:. Luckily this time I knew there were no hills between where I was and home and only about 20km to go, so I continued in limp mode at around 80kph.
Also luckily this time the silicon performance hoses arrived last week and I bought a set of four 65mm Tee-bolt clamps on Saturday, so I'm actually all set to do the hose swap:thumbsup:.

The only issue now is that I realised while removing the air box to make access easier, that I should take this opportunity to fit a "Nugget Stuff" Puma sealed air intake kit. So I'll order that and then sort out the winch installation and wiring while waiting for the kit to arrive.

This all assumes I can manage to push the clutch in on my old Series 2a with a calf muscle torn in my left leg, otherwise I have to get the D90 Puma going again real quick so I can get to work and the physio. Back to the workshop I go.:spudnikwaving:

Guess I am just lucky - never had an intercooler hose blow off from where it's clamped, before or after fitting the allisport intercooler and BAS tune.

Before the intercooler/tune was fitted: one original hose split on me (intercooler to manifold) and replaced under warranty, and the recall was done on another original hose (the one from turbo to intercooler).

I did ask about a silicone hose set when ordering the intercooler but was told that if I had the latest updated hoses from LR they are good enough.

When the intercooler/tune was ordered the above two original hoses had been updated by LR already so didn't bother with the silicone hose order. Local indie mechanic did the intercooler install for me with the ordinary hose clamps.

Have done ~5000km since. Not a lot I grant. But hoses blowing off are (touch wood) just not a feature of my experience for the 43,000km since new two years ago.

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Originally Posted by tact

Guess I am just lucky - never had an intercooler hose blow off from where it's clamped, before or after fitting the allisport intercooler and BAS tune.

Before the intercooler/tune was fitted: one original hose split on me (intercooler to manifold) and replaced under warranty, and the recall was done on another original hose (the one from turbo to intercooler).

I did ask about a silicone hose set when ordering the intercooler but was told that if I had the latest updated hoses from LR they are good enough.

When the intercooler/tune was ordered the above two original hoses had been updated by LR already so didn't bother with the silicone hose order. Local indie mechanic did the intercooler install for me with the ordinary hose clamps.

Have done ~5000km since. Not a lot I grant. But hoses blowing off are (touch wood) just not a feature of my experience for the 43,000km since new two years ago.

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I have the updated hose on the turbo side. Interesting to see, when I removed it tonight, that you can see where the touch points are. The sleeving that LR have put over the external spring wrap is even worn through slightly in two places.

Less interesting to see is that the Tee-bar hose clamps I bought don't fit:(. I measured the hoses at 65mm OD so bought the clamps that said they were 64mm. Doesn't make sense to me that they would size clamps that fit on the outside of hoses by the internal hose diameter, but that seems to be the case because the 64mm clamps are still loose when done right up on the 65mm hose. Grrr:mad:. I now have to leave the job half done to get smaller clamps.

hey guys,
I received my Allisport intercooler last week and yesterday installed it.
BUT, I noticed that I am not able to fit back the diagonal support brackets in front of intercooler.
Anyone knows how to proceed further?
Car: DEF, TD5, NON-A/C

I dont know the answer to your question, but of you're on facebook, have a look on the BAS Remaps or the Bell Auto Services page (two different pages) ans search through the photos. From memory there are some good ones of a non A/C Allisport install on there.

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Originally Posted by Beery

I dont know the answer to your question, but of you're on facebook, have a look on the BAS Remaps or the Bell Auto Services page (two different pages) ans search through the photos. From memory there are some good ones of a non A/C Allisport install on there.

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thank you, I contacted also Allisport..
it seems that I didn't receive the spacers to fit the brackets with new intercooler.. I will make them at a local workshop