Intercooler Core, Cleaning, Oil Separation - Learn me!

[rlearp]

From what I've read it looks like the IC on the Lightning eventually gets gummed up with oil. I imagine this leads to a loss of charge cooling performance and might lead to what I'm experiencing - a light pinging at part throttle and a few pounds of boost when the truck is under load.

This pinging problem just recently started in the last 10k or so (I went to a lower timing tune as soon as I detected it, so no harm done). Now I'm tired of the sluggish performance with the low timing and want to go back to my old settings.

Questions:

*How much time should I budget for a IC remove, clean, and re-install?

*Do I need any gaskets?

*Anything else I should do while in there?

*Oil separator mod - is there a how to article?

My truck has 77k on it, has run flawlessly from the day I bought it new. Running a 6lb pulley and associated tune.

Ron

 

[jmorando05]

You can do it in a day in a couple hours I let it sit overnight and then sprayed it again with more brakekleen so it depends how much time you want to invest. As far as gaskets as long as you are careful you can reuse them. Spark plugs wouldn't be a bad idea if not done in a while since supercharger will be off.

 

[rlearp]

Is there anything special about removing the blower/IC core that I should know about? I assume I simply need to remove the belt, disconnect everything that connects to the upper and blower, then remove the assembly as a unit.

 

[Animalmutha97]

Cleaning IC

There is a "How-To" on this. Check it out. I believe it is straight from the Ford manual. It is pretty simple. Just remember where you took things off of and your good. Also look into getting some swivel sockets. They will save time and a lot of aggrivation. Definetly get a oil seperator. It will keep the oil out of your intake and throttlebody.

 

[Animalmutha97]

You can do it in a day in a couple hours I let it sit overnight and then sprayed it again with more brakekleen so it depends how much time you want to invest. As far as gaskets as long as you are careful you can reuse them. Spark plugs wouldn't be a bad idea if not done in a while since supercharger will be off.

+1. NGK TR6. pn# 4177 I believe