Intercooler overheating

[Travizzle]

Went for a short cruise and on my way back i decided to do a quick pull. Instant detination. I immediately let off. Bad gas was my instant thought. I started smelling coolant. Pulled in the shop and plugged in the tuner and the coolant temp was 180. I looked at the intercooler reservoir and it was relieving pressure and was pretty hot. I had coolant flow and my iat2 temp was 185. Any thoughts would be helpfull.

 

[Avispa]

If you have coolant flow through the IC system, warm it up again and run your hand over the heat exchanger. I'd guess a good part of it is plugged and will be colder than the flowing parts. If it's not that, you may have the same problem in your intercooler.

Leaning toward the heat exchanger first because if the IC is plugged, you'll have high IAT2 but the coolant will stay cold because it's won't pick up heat from the charge air.

 

[Travizzle]

Thanks for helping. It ended up being a bad connector at the pump. Easy fix.

 

[Avispa]

That's like the feeling you get when a migraine headache goes away.....just so relieved you can't believe it.....lol