jfarsang
Rock Warrior
Reged: 05/11/07
Posts: 553
Loc: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Heard a strange noise on a customers Pajero.
Pulled the head and this is the result.
Cyl #4 had a ton of rubber debris in it.
Turned out that the turbo was only working at 10-15%.
Had the turbo rebuilt.
Plugged it all back together and cranked her over.
The extra 85% forced air from the turbo blew the deteriorating rubber inside the intercooler pipes right through in the chamber.
Customer is lucky. Everything is still good aside from the h gasket.
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... good.. bad.. I'm the guy with the gun.
94 Spacegear 2.8 - Build is on
89 Montero - Project
92 Pajero Exceed - Gone to a good home
92 Delica Chamonix - Gone to a good home
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redbull
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 04/28/06
Posts: 1410
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Crazy! I've had a lot of issues with old rubber vac and fuel lines in my other vehicles lately.
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1991 Mitsubishi Pajero XP TD LWB family hauler.
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torquemonster
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 1537
Loc: Red Deer, Alberta
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I betcha that is one of those little rubber coupler grommets from the intercooler pipe connections. I had a friend who sucked one up in his Eagle Talon and it destroyed his turbo.
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1986powerram50
Rock Warrior
Reged: 01/10/08
Posts: 983
Loc: Kansas
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I gotta an offtopic story about sucking stuff thru. My dad and I brought home an old Case 830 tractor to fix up a lil bit and use. Before we loaded it up and took it home, we stuffed rags in the intake b/c the oil breather was missing. Few days later were playing with it, fire it up couple seconds running, we see blue shop rags that previously were in the intake shoot up and out of the muffler  that was pretty comical
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redbull
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 04/28/06
Posts: 1410
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Good reason to upgrade to solid pipes and new silicone couplers!
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1991 Mitsubishi Pajero XP TD LWB family hauler.
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spence121
Mudrunner
Reged: 04/07/07
Posts: 372
Loc: Calgary Alberta, Canada
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I agree, I have been thinking about solid tubes and silicone couplers for a while. Anyone know where you can get them cause I was just gonna get a muffler shop to bend me some pipe.
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"WE ARE ALL A PRODUCT OF OUR OWN DECISIONS"
92 Mitsubishi Pajero XR 2.5 TD (SOLD and feeling lost without it)
OME Suspension
American Racing steel Wheels with
Dick Cepek FCII Tires
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torquemonster
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 1537
Loc: Red Deer, Alberta
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I had bought some mandrel bent U's from Mopac, and just cut/welded them to fit with some silicon couplers and T-bolt clams I bought from Traction.
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spence121
Mudrunner
Reged: 04/07/07
Posts: 372
Loc: Calgary Alberta, Canada
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How are they finished? Once I get my garage set up and a welder that may be an option.
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"WE ARE ALL A PRODUCT OF OUR OWN DECISIONS"
92 Mitsubishi Pajero XR 2.5 TD (SOLD and feeling lost without it)
OME Suspension
American Racing steel Wheels with
Dick Cepek FCII Tires
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redbull
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 04/28/06
Posts: 1410
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I'd go with bare aluminum. Kits on ebay are cheeeeeeep:
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1991 Mitsubishi Pajero XP TD LWB family hauler.
Edited by redbull (10/06/09 11:47 PM)
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torquemonster
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 1537
Loc: Red Deer, Alberta
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they are just steel pipes...I know aluminum would be a prime choice but welding aluminum isn't an option for me...and were not building race cars so having the most efficient intercooler pipes isn't really necessary.
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