slight oil leak from intercooler

[nvidia]

I just had my car bk from service under advisory items

slight oil leak from intercooler...anyone know how much will that be to fix that?

cheers

 

[Ultra_Joel88]

almost all of them leak out the bottom bend

since running a pipe from my crankcase to to the bottom of the car mine has dried up completely

 

[cheshire cat]

I just had my car bk from service under advisory items

slight oil leak from intercooler...anyone know how much will that be to fix that?

cheers

it's really just disconnecting at the lowest point and letting it drain good wipe round reconnect and and you done, unless you have a large milage/time and than it's worth removing the i/c rinsing out and more important hose out the fins, do a search I think Muddy' did a HOW-TO on here

 

[nvidia]

just did a search couldn't find it :S

mmm....n im not a guy who know how to take things apart :S

 

[Lippo]

I don't think it's a problem. Mine does it and as Ultra says, most of 'em do it anyway. It's nothing to worry about.

 

[nvidia]

would this cause smoke from exhaust?
i notice i have bit of smoke when i kind of put my footdown or half way down...thts normal??

 

[muddyboots]

Sorry I didn't do a guide, but did have a couple of photos of my intercooler when I removed it. Can't remember where they are now though !

IMO oil down there is all pretty normal and not really worth worrying about....

EDIT: As Nic (Cheshire Cat) said, what would be more worthwhile is to clean all the flies/leaves/stones etc out of the intercooler fins, to get as much airflow over it as possible. Easier to do when it's off the car - best way is to hose it through from the rear side to flush all the crap out of the front.