Help - Sand in side vents
Discussion
G996TT said:
Hi,
Woken to find someone has stuffed sand down one of the side vents on my turbo?
Any ideas how to best clean it out? Will any damage be done? I assume there are filters down there?
What an absolutely wWoken to find someone has stuffed sand down one of the side vents on my turbo?
Any ideas how to best clean it out? Will any damage be done? I assume there are filters down there?
kerish thing to do! There are some horrible wkers about.This photo may help you to figure out what to do but I would not be driving it till all the sand is removed!!!
The vent is for cooling; not engine intake - any air travelling through it is directed over the intercooler and exhausted through the rear PU vent. You'll be OK running the car but the only way to clear it 100% out is to wash the duct out after removal of the intercooler (so it doesn't clog the 'cooler fins)
Why not scoop whatever you can by hand and then put a vacuum cleaner flexible hose down there and vacuum it out?
I vacuumed mine out to see if there were any leaves or rubbish in there (dyson with a flexible hose).
No need to poke it into the intercooler but you can feel when it goes in far enough. As you can see in the cutout photo above there's a fair distance to the intercoolers.
I vacuumed mine out to see if there were any leaves or rubbish in there (dyson with a flexible hose).
No need to poke it into the intercooler but you can feel when it goes in far enough. As you can see in the cutout photo above there's a fair distance to the intercoolers.
I'd try the vacuum idea. Oh, from the intake side, not the exhaust side.
You want to get the sand out so air flow is not compromised through the intercooler. If it is the engine can detonate and it may not be saved by the knock sensors.
But you might have to have the intercooler on the one side removed and thoroughly cleaned out.
You want this done by a reputable shop. Sometimes getting the hoses back on right with no leaks and with no chance of popping off once the boost climbs is a bit of a job and you want someone who knows this and does it right, the first time.
You want to get the sand out so air flow is not compromised through the intercooler. If it is the engine can detonate and it may not be saved by the knock sensors.
But you might have to have the intercooler on the one side removed and thoroughly cleaned out.
You want this done by a reputable shop. Sometimes getting the hoses back on right with no leaks and with no chance of popping off once the boost climbs is a bit of a job and you want someone who knows this and does it right, the first time.
Gassing Station | 911/Carrera GT | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff