Thread: Inter cooler hose problem

Originally Posted by td express

Hi all,

Some if you my have struck this problem before, but thought it was worth sharing anyway.
Recently had a problem where my D2 Td5 would bog down when taking off with no acceleration and clouds of black smoke blowing out the exhaust.
Seemed to be ok on open roads until i had to slow down or come to a set of lights.
I knew it had to be fuel, turbo related but usure about exactly what.
It got bad enough to the point of needing a tow truck, and after a couple of days in the shop it was discovered that the insides of the intercooler pipe,(the rubber pipes on either end of the main steel pipe), were collapsing internally and cutting of air supply. This isnt noticable from the outside of the pipe at all and unless you were aware of it, you could spend alot of time trying to find the exact problem.
So a couple of hundred later, problem solved.
Hope this helps someone out in the future.

This, so I understand, is quite common, the hoses - when old they do collapse.

I also understand that uprated silicon hoses solves the problem, but like any hose they need changing periodically.

Hope it didn't take too many 100's $ before it was solved.

Somebody on here was importing a batch of the new super duper hoses - do a search in the forums they might still be available.

$300.00 to be exact. About $70 bucks more than the top radiator hose that i changed last month.

Hmmmmmm..

Have a look at

http://www.aulro.com/apc/showproduct.php?product=886

thanks mate,
hmm, could have done with a couple of those last week.
Makes me think of the old hoses we used to get with the coil steel through the guts.

Problem solved.

This forum is a great place for information, and some of the guys here are really up to the knowledge.

There always seems to be somebody who knows something to help.

Yeah, thanks for that. I can see that already. Think i will be here for a long time.

Originally Posted by td express

Yeah, thanks for that. I can see that already. Think i will be here for a long time.

We'll soon change your mind about that!

Ron

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