Excessive pressure in the compressor, after the first stage (or how ever many stages there are). Excessive pressure could be caused by shut/ blocked discharge valve. There will also be a relief valve fitted to the intercooler, should one of the tubes burst. This would let air into the water side and suddenly increase the pressure in the intercooler, so a relief valve is fitted.
A car can run with out an intercooler, but if it was designed to have an intercooler, the driveabilty will be affected.
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The normal direction of airflow is air filter to turbo, to intercooler, to engine.The normal direction of airflow is air filter to turbo, to intercooler, to engine.
You can put intercooler on any car regardless of kind of transmission.
Whatever the intercooler is for (transmission, turbo, etc), will most likely overheat and do some damage.
No, there should not be.
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you need to take off front bumper, grill, front bar and then separate intercooler from airconditioning cooler.
There will always be some oil in the intercooler. Part of the emissions system connects the engine breather to the airbox. As the turbo sucks air through the airbox it tends to suck some oil into the intercooler.
yes