The normal direction of airflow is air filter to turbo, to intercooler, to engine.The normal direction of airflow is air filter to turbo, to intercooler, to engine.
A car can run with out an intercooler, but if it was designed to have an intercooler, the driveabilty will be affected.
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The intake pipe is on the passenger's side of the engine compartment. The air goes from the airbox to the turbo and then over to the intercooler on the driver's side. From the intercooler it goes to the intake manifold on the driver's side of the engine.
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There will always be some oil in the intercooler. Part of the emissions system connects the engine breather to the airbox. As the turbo sucks air through the airbox it tends to suck some oil into the intercooler.
this sounds alot like a turbo failure, although there could well be a leak in the pipes leading from the turbo to the intercooler, or from the intercooler to the inlet manifold. also check the intercooler for leaks. or it is the vacuum pipe that operates the waste gate on the turbo, or a seized waste gate.
Whatever the intercooler is for (transmission, turbo, etc), will most likely overheat and do some damage.
Turbo Charged Intercooler
Yeah...I guess you could say that. If you break a blade in a turbocharger, the out-of-balance condition will cause the turbo to self-destruct. Said exploding turbo will take out your intercooler too.
Yes and No. Intercoolers cool air that is compressed in a turbo. You can setup an intercooler on a non turbo car and have it connected to the air intake and such... .....it will rob you of horsepower by sending air through a lot of unnecessary tubes.
I suspect one will be an intercooler for the turbo