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Intercooler protection

Post by Stu » Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:04 am

With Salisbury coming up I'm intending to do a few very gentle lanes in the D4 as I'm not looking to "off road it" like I did the D3. One thing I am cautious of is the amount of :censored: in the intercooler and how that affects performance. Anyone got any ideas or provent solutions for protecting it for the day.


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Re: Intercooler protection

Post by PillowSmuggler » Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:38 am

I've used opened out hessian sand bags over the radiator and as much intercooler as I could reach, and although it was scary how much :censored: they caught, I still spent just as long with the hose cleaning the finer mud out of it all afterwards. The only complete protection is a total cover, which totally defeats the purpose anyways, or get a raised intercooler to reduce its deep water trawling ability.


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Post by anglefire » Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:24 pm

Don't forget, the D4 intercooler is not the brick type as per the D3, but a much thinner intercooler that sits with the radiator and AC condenser.


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Re: Intercooler protection

Post by Stu » Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:50 pm

Ah so does that mean it's better for off roading than the D3? I've barely opened the bonnet on the D4 and not closed the bonnet on the D3 for over a year!!!


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Re: Intercooler protection

Post by anglefire » Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:10 am

Better in that the intercooler is higher up so gets less crud in it and is also a bit easier to clean I think when it does.

As for better at offroading than the 3, that is a good question. Ask JohnF about the rock climb in the Pyrenees a couple of years ago - everyone in D3's got up first go - he took three attempts. Claimed it was because he was in the wrong gear as his is an 8 speed............


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Re: Intercooler protection

Post by xtc » Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:54 am

Just gaffer over it for the day Stu. Bit of a loss of power won't be noticed laning... :D


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Re: Intercooler protection

Post by PillowSmuggler » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:32 am

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