RogerS Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Looks like the intercooler leak is not gone. I took the car to my friends shop last week and installed the hi-flow cats and cat back and parked the car in the garage. Tonight I had to bring the car to Tasca Ford to have the roof stripes replaced. So I just get into the car and leave. When I returned I walked into the garage and there was another puddle under the left front fender again! Intercooler fluid. Called Tasca and they will look at it tomorrow. Looks like the intercooler pump is bad afterall. We will see. Figures 2 weeks before D day. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdear Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 There is good news...you have Tasca Ford looking at it tomorrow ! Some aren't that lucky :P Hope all goes well for you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhugger Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Hang in there Ross...we all know it is worth it. good luc\k. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave c Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Looks like the intercooler leak is not gone. I took the car to my friends shop last week and installed the hi-flow cats and cat back and parked the car in the garage. Tonight I had to bring the car to Tasca Ford to have the roof stripes replaced. So I just get into the car and leave. When I returned I walked into the garage and there was another puddle under the left front fender again! Intercooler fluid. Called Tasca and they will look at it tomorrow. Looks like the intercooler pump is bad afterall. We will see. Figures 2 weeks before D day. :huh: Roger, Sorry to hear about the bad news, but it's for the better. You wouldn't want that car to break down between LA and Vegas, or overheat on the track. I would much rather see your car break down at home, rather than thousand's of miles from home. Adam and I have been talking and he's been telling me about this bad a$$ exhaust on your car, so if it sounds that good and I have to upgrade our car, I will be blaming you. LOL Good luck and keep us posted, Dave PS. I don't do exotic dancing to pay for my mods . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted December 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 I know that the car is in capable hands but what concerns me is that Whipple had some fluid leak issues awhile back. Fluid getting into the the chambers under the intake. There is fluid loss in the holding tank but more than what was on the floor. We will wait and see what happens tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuLu Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 I know that the car is in capable hands but what concerns me is that Whipple had some fluid leak issues awhile back. Fluid getting into the the chambers under the intake. There is fluid loss in the holding tank but more than what was on the floor. We will wait and see what happens tomorrow. Bad news...Bummer, and sorry about it my friend. You cannot compare visible loss on a shop floor with resevior loss, because the leak is constant, moving forward in traffic, or sitting still at idle. One of the drawbacks to internal (in the valley) intercooling is that this leak may contaminate the fuel charge, maybe not? Could just spill into the valley and overflow when you move the car. Hard to say by your description. If there is a good side here, it's that the coolant is on the shop floor, and not coming out of your exhaust. This tells me the leak is in the plumbing external to the engine, and even if the pump has gone south, you can still drive the car, just don't hammer it. Intercooling is a high speed performance topic, not a daily driver concern. Please, no WOT romps until this is resolved? I suggest you pull your engine oil dipstick and look for water bubbles on the stick. Oil and water don't mix, right? So, if you find water bubbles on the dipstick, it's an internal leak that you need to attend to rightnow. If you don't see water bubbles on the dipstick, it's prolly an external leak, which is not essential to daily driving. Best wishes, keep us posted. BTW...yeah, intercooler pumps go bad, true, but mostly because they lose electrical power. This may be as simple as a blown fuse, or, bad electrical connection. Check this out too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted December 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 LuLu the intercooler pump on the Whipple is in the run position as soon as the inginition key is turned to the on position. So it does run constantly. The first time I noticed the issue first thing I did checked was the dipstick. Found no evidence of the fluid in the oil. I did not check this time due to not noticing until I returned. I did leve an e-mail for the service director to check that prior to checking the intrecooler pump. The leak the first time was without any movement at all for 2 weeks and the puddle appeared. No turning the ket etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT3369 Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 I hope that gets resolved prior to your trip. Not to hijack-I am considering having some stripes replaced and had considered taking to TASCA. I am a perfectionist and will travel to get the right results. It should be a 2+ hour trip from NJ. Please advise. Interested to hear results of your Whipple issue-that is on my wish list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 If you are going to hijack anything in NJ, you better get permission first! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT3369 Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 If you are going to hijack anything in NJ, you better get permission first! B) What if I make friends with this Michael Bruno guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 I dont know......we will have to talk to Big Paulie.........capo de capo! tanti auguri! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT3369 Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 I dont know......we will have to talk to Big Paulie.........capo de capo! tanti auguri! I think I'm the only guy in NJ that did not watch the Sopranos-will need you to translate. BTW-just tried to recruit someone with a new GT to join the NJ club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 actually, none of that is from the Sopranos..... :D tanti auguri = best wishes in Italian. excellant on the recruiting! :D (we could always use a few new soldiers! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT3369 Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 actually, none of that is from the Sopranos..... :D tanti auguri = best wishes in Italian. excellant on the recruiting! :D (we could always use a few new soldiers! ) Thanks Wicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Prego! = Your Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted December 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 I hope that gets resolved prior to your trip. Not to hijack-I am considering having some stripes replaced and had considered taking to TASCA. I am a perfectionist and will travel to get the right results. It should be a 2+ hour trip from NJ. Please advise. Interested to hear results of your Whipple issue-that is on my wish list. On the stripe issue they hire and outside contactor to do all of their striping. Met him today as they are replacing both roof stripes and one trunk strip. I will advise. On the intercooler leak. Looks like it may be just that. The clamps I had tightened may not have been tightened enough. Or when the hose was installed they were tightened too much. We really don't know. But the design on the intercooler resivoir hose is a poor design. 2 pieces instead of one piece. I'm not sure why because the kit from Whipple has a one piece hose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT2666 Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 On the stripe issue they hire and outside contactor to do all of their striping. Met him today as they are replacing both roof stripes and one trunk strip. I will advise. On the intercooler leak. Looks like it may be just that. The clamps I had tightened may not have been tightened enough. Or when the hose was installed they were tightened too much. We really don't know. But the design on the intercooler resivoir hose is a poor design. 2 pieces instead of one piece. I'm not sure why because the kit from Whipple has a one piece hose. Actually the kit comes with 2 piece in more then one location and thats one of them. Something I was thinking about when putting mine on was the long term availability of hoses. In my experience the intercooler fluid never gets very hot but maybe some locktite on the hose clamps would help. Are you leaking at the pump or the union of the two hoses ? Mine has spring clamps at the union and hose clamps at the pump. I saw on mustang sources someone thought they had an intercooler leak but later he said that wasn't the issue. Hope it all works out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted December 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Actually the kit comes with 2 piece in more then one location and thats one of them. Something I was thinking about when putting mine on was the long term availability of hoses. In my experience the intercooler fluid never gets very hot but maybe some locktite on the hose clamps would help. Are you leaking at the pump or the union of the two hoses ? Mine has spring clamps at the union and hose clamps at the pump. I saw on mustang sources someone thought they had an intercooler leak but later he said that wasn't the issue. Hope it all works out for you. Hose clamps on everything. Looks like it may be ok. Guess I'll find out on the trip from Vegas to LA :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyGT/SC Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 For the record, Roger and I have been chatting so I don't want you all to know (oops) think I sabatoshed Roger's car so I can get all the attention in LV. LOL Roger, I am glad things worked out - as I knew it would. I thought for a minute there that we were going to have to pull your wheels, hood, exhaust and other secret things and ship them to LV so we could put them on another Mustang when we got out there for those few days. SGT3369, when you come up here, let us know. Maybe you, Roger and I can meet for coffee, tea, beer, whiskey, strip joint, scotch, wine... Oh wait a minute, skip that strip joint part. Roger might get up and dance if we go there. We should just meet at a DUNKIN DOUGHNUTS instead that way we'll be sure he won't get up on the counter and dance since he manages all of them in RI/MA. LOL Dave, start saving. You're gonna love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted December 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Adam and I have been talking and he's been telling me about this bad a$$ exhaust on your car, so if it sounds that good and I have to upgrade our car, I will be blaming you. LOL Good luck and keep us posted, Dave Dave, I'm used to getting blamed for everything Adam does, so no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 so when someone has their car worked on at Tasca, where is the hospitality suite, Roger's house or Adam's? :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyGT/SC Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 so when someone has their car worked on at Tasca, where is the hospitality suite, Roger's house or Adam's? :D :D I don't mind hosting a party - anytime. As long as it's at Roger's place. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 knew that was coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clink_merged Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Looks like the intercooler leak is not gone. I took the car to my friends shop last week and installed the hi-flow cats and cat back and parked the car in the garage. Tonight I had to bring the car to Tasca Ford to have the roof stripes replaced. So I just get into the car and leave. When I returned I walked into the garage and there was another puddle under the left front fender again! Intercooler fluid. Called Tasca and they will look at it tomorrow. Looks like the intercooler pump is bad afterall. We will see. Figures 2 weeks before D day. :huh: Hope you get your car back in time Roger. We did not make it in time to get Party tickets. Debbie and I will be in LV on Sat, Sun and Mon with our car on that same weekend. I am having The MAD Shop put the brake ducts on Monday Morning. If you guys are planning any fun things in conjunction with this B-Day bash while in LV please let us know and maybe we can meet up with you'all. Please let us know. Later, Clink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave c Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Hope you get your car back in time Roger. We did not make it in time to get Party tickets. Debbie and I will be in LV on Sat, Sun and Mon with our car on that same weekend. I am having The MAD Shop put the brake ducts on Monday Morning. If you guys are planning any fun things in conjunction with this B-Day bash while in LV please let us know and maybe we can meet up with you'all. Please let us know. Later, Clink Hey Clinkster, Have a link below for tickets for drag race and car show, 100.00 and car show only 25.00 for Saturday only, we expect to see you there. Would love to meet you, I don't know if we'll ever get this chance to get this many people together at one time again........So you better be there. This will also be the autograph session with Carroll Shelby. So get a hold of Sharon and get a ticket. See ya in Vegas. Dave http://www.stangsunleashed.com/forums/inde...showtopic=14134 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Hope you get your car back in time Roger. We did not make it in time to get Party tickets. Debbie and I will be in LV on Sat, Sun and Mon with our car on that same weekend. I am having The MAD Shop put the brake ducts on Monday Morning. If you guys are planning any fun things in conjunction with this B-Day bash while in LV please let us know and maybe we can meet up with you'all. Please let us know. Later, Clink Dave, looks like it may be OK. We think we found it. It is in the Tasca Body Shop now having the roof stripes installed. Intercooler may be fine. I will see you on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday should be a fun day. My flight leaves Vegas at 2:20 PM on Sunday. I just could not get any more time off to do Barrett Jackson. That's the real bummer because I have been wanting to go for the last 5 years. :angry: I'm sure we will be doing something on Saturday. Can't wait to meet everyone and take a group "forum" photo. We will see you in Vegas. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clink_merged Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Hey Clinkster, Have a link below for tickets for drag race and car show, 100.00 and car show only 25.00 for Saturday only, we expect to see you there. Would love to meet you, I don't know if we'll ever get this chance to get this many people together at one time again........So you better be there. This will also be the autograph session with Carroll Shelby. So get a hold of Sharon and get a ticket. See ya in Vegas. Dave http://www.stangsunleashed.com/forums/inde...showtopic=14134 Thanks DAve, I'm in for the Sat Drags and Show. I appreciate your help on this. Hope to see you there. Clink B) Dave, looks like it may be OK. We think we found it. It is in the Tasca Body Shop now having the roof stripes installed. Intercooler may be fine. I will see you on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday should be a fun day. My flight leaves Vegas at 2:20 PM on Sunday. I just could not get any more time off to do Barrett Jackson. That's the real bummer because I have been wanting to go for the last 5 years. :angry: I'm sure we will be doing something on Saturday. Can't wait to meet everyone and take a group "forum" photo. We will see you in Vegas. Roger Great news on the car, I just paid for the Drag/show for Sat. I will PM you my cell #. We will be in LV Sat Morning around 9AM. Give me a call if you would on Saturday and we can hook up. Thanks, See you guys there, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Thanks DAve, I'm in for the Sat Drags and Show. I appreciate your help on this. Hope to see you there. Clink B) Great news on the car, I just paid for the Drag/show for Sat. I will PM you my cell #. We will be in LV Sat Morning around 9AM. Give me a call if you would on Saturday and we can hook up. Thanks, See you guys there, David Got it. Will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT3369 Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 SGT3369, when you come up here, let us know. Maybe you, Roger and I can meet for coffee, tea, beer, whiskey, strip joint, scotch, wine... All sound good-WTH-I'm divorced. Please let me know how your stripes worked out. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted December 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 SGT3369, when you come up here, let us know. Maybe you, Roger and I can meet for coffee, tea, beer, whiskey, strip joint, scotch, wine... All sound good-WTH-I'm divorced. Please let me know how your stripes worked out. Thanks! Stripes came out well. They repaired the roof stripes and did not replace. The quality was not as good as the ones on the car. You really can't tell at all. The rear stripe is as original. No unexpected issues. All is well. Speak with Steve Gyette who is the service director of Tasca Performance. He handled my entire issue from start to finish. Not bad.....having the director handling your problems. He understands the importance of these cars to the owners and treats them as his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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