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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 06:50 PM
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Oil in intercooler pipe

Hi I had taken off my intercooler pipe from the turbo to the intercooler and there was some oil in it does anyone know why? Or what it is from
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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Put in a catch can..the oil from the valve cover hose into the intake is going into the intercooler.

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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 06:59 PM
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It this a bad thing or common?
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 07:24 PM
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Mine did that too, put a catch can on and now I get very little oil spray.
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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Go look at radium engineering. They make some sick catch cans among other things.
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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It is sucking oil from the valve cover. I have always gotten rid of the valve cover to intake hose. Put a breather on the valve cover, simple, done!

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Old Dec 4, 2011 | 05:28 AM
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its verry comon on evos that there is oil in the intercooler . not a big mather!
does not do any harm , to your car .

but when you are running 1000hp you shuld have a catch can , just make sure then that you have vacum to it to , so it sucks that oil into the can insted of in the intercooler
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