i finished washing my car and finished waxing it off with zaino, but a question came up. is it ok to spray the intercooler with tap water? i read that tap water builds minerals and makes the intercooler less efficient. i sprayed the intercooler for a while to wash off the bugs and dirt, but i didnt really notice what i was doing until i finished waxing my car. i think my intercooler is a little flooded inside as well, now that i think about it, unless there are like small openings for water to leak through. exactly what is the best way to wash/clean the intercooler?

but then again, when it starts to rain, nastier water gets inside the intercooler, so im assuming its perfectly ok to spray the intercooler to wash it.

 

Of course you can spray it. It's sealed. Just power wash the bugs off as best you can.

 

Don't powerwash it. You'll bend the fins. Get something long enough and thin enough to fit through the grill and flick the bugs off.

 

You can powerwash from a safe distance, not right on top of it. I have done it countless times.

 

It's fine to spray it with a hose, just not using a super powerful nozzle.

 

Same here. A garden hose won't have enough psi to get through the fins like a powerwasher.

 

thanks, i was pretty worried for some time. i powerwashed the intercooler pretty darn close though, but luckily, when i checked, none of the fins were bent.

i also realized that i think i zaino'ed my spoiler wrong. i see lots of water spots and its pretty hard to remove even when i exhale on them to wipe it off. when i touch it, its not smooth at all. rawr!!

 

Yeah you can spray it with a hose but the guy used the phrase power wash, which you should not do.

 

wonder why can't they make the intercooler with stronger material so that the fins won't bend?

 

More money is the answer to that question.

 

"touchmyjagee" Haha... that's a good one. Hurray for no shame.

 

whats a Jagee...?
(only a couple things come to mind immediately ):P

 

Also I would assume the weight of the intercooler.

 

Why not? I do it all the time.