Intercooler

I have a 200td1. Now just asking whether I am right in saying that oil around the intercooler hoses with no obvious source (Turbo not leaking) could be evidence of the Intercooler needing cleaning. Now said oily substance may be due to the cyclone breather thingy being blocked? (maybe) Am i right or am I hoping a bit? And what would you knowledgable fellows recommend to clean the Intercooler hoses and breather in? Would parafin do?

Thanks for any help!

Clean it with petrol or paraffin...fill it and leave it for a few hours/overnight. Shake, baby shake....then leave again to dry out few hours...pipework always benefits from a clean or renewal...

Cheers storm just checking parrafin would be ok looks like I know what I'll be doing this weekend

does the description of symptoms seem accurate to you?

Look here...tells you how to...i know its a fender but principles the same.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f41/intercooler-removal-200tdi-defender-58248.html

I'd do the cyclone breather same time, its simple and as you're getting dirty you may as well do it...all the hose/pipe work needs doing regular, i found i lost a lot of (snigger) performance due to poor connections/partly blocked pipes/loss of pressure/oil etc...

Good ole buster pretty much as I envisaged

storm99 said:

I'd do the cyclone breather same time, its simple and as you're getting dirty you may as well do it...all the hose/pipe work needs doing regular, i found i lost a lot of (snigger) performance due to poor connections/partly blocked pipes/loss of pressure/oil etc...

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Could be causing the smoking when I hit a hill too ... well one cause gonna give the old girl a damn good service over the coming weeks as I've had her a couple of months now and have drawn up a list of to do's

When did you last change filters? (re: Black smoke, i presume its black)

Looked in the Book,says clean all with paraffin and make sure COMPLETELY dry (very insistent on this point,it was!) before refitting. And as has been said here many times,seal the cyclone breather in when refitting

storm99 said:

When did you last change filters? (re: Black smoke, i presume its black)

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Havent changed the filters since I got it but it is on the to do list but if the intercoolers gunked up that wont help either so I'll clean it whilst i'm working in that general area got new belts to fit too. probably by lookin under the lid taking the intercooler out will help with access to the belts tooand i'll change the filters at the same time.

shocker said:

Looked in the Book,says clean all with paraffin and make sure COMPLETELY dry (very insistent on this point,it was!) before refitting. And as has been said here many times,seal the cyclone breather in when refitting

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Smoke like absolute fook if its not dry I'd guess

when sealing the cyclone in is it a gasket? or silicone?

On the 300 the pipe stub of the cyclone that pushes into the ally has an o-ring which is not really sufficient but should be replaced and then it seems,from what has been said,to be general practice,to put a bead of silicone or other RTV sealant on the flat faces before re-assembly.....if the 200 is similar ( I forget ) then doing the same would be a good idea. Its a heller for oil leaks,else

Ideal shall check it out got silicone and seen a set of O rings on sale locally shall pick them up and might cure 3 or 4 faults in one afternoon (cyclones leaking also on my to do list)

Just regular,non rubber,O ring will do it mate