Intercooler failure
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Intercooler failure
As I have alluded to in other posts, I feel certain that I have the dreaded intercooler failure. 8000 miles and the reservoir is almost empty. I spoke to SVT this morning and asked them what the diagnostic procedure was, and Jason told me that if the reservoir is going down and its not leaking at the hose then your IC is going south. No TSB on it yet, but he said they were working on the fix, and we '99 and '00 owners "would be taken care of". Gave me the name of a person at the Tech Hot-line for the dealer to contact - Jake Somebody, but I lost the slip of paper I wrote it on, anyone know Jake's last name? Took the truck to the dealer and showed them the reservoir. At first the service advisor insisted that the IC was part of the cooling system, and they would have to test the whole system. I insisted it was a seperate system, and after checking it out again he agreed with me. Said they would have to diagnose it first, and gave me an appointment next Monday. Wanted to know if I wanted the reservoir topped off and I said no thanks, I'd prefer not to run any more glycol through the motor, if it runs dry I'll fill with distilled water and alcohol. So, that's where we stand at this point. Any advice or helpful suggestions?
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
'84 Alan Record Carbonio, Aerospoke wheels, Campy brakes.
'00 SVT Lightning, silver, G-tech Pro, JBA headers, cam bolts, 4.10 gears,
Swanson's chip, Pro-M, carbon drive shaft, Roadmaster suspension kit
2001 Kevlacat 2400, twin 115 Evinrude FICHT, Raytheon VHF, radar, autopilot and GPS chartplotter/fishfinder.
gmvye@pacbell.net
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
'84 Alan Record Carbonio, Aerospoke wheels, Campy brakes.
'00 SVT Lightning, silver, G-tech Pro, JBA headers, cam bolts, 4.10 gears,
Swanson's chip, Pro-M, carbon drive shaft, Roadmaster suspension kit
2001 Kevlacat 2400, twin 115 Evinrude FICHT, Raytheon VHF, radar, autopilot and GPS chartplotter/fishfinder.
gmvye@pacbell.net
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From: Canton, MI, USA
Are you sure it wasn't Jack Doff? 
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Regards,
Gordon
'99 Red Lightning
Johnny Lightning Superchip
Johnny Lighting Ram Air Kit
Century Tonneau
Best 1/4 mi. ET: 13.249 secs
[This message has been edited by BadDog (edited 11-06-2000).]
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Regards,
Gordon
'99 Red Lightning
Johnny Lightning Superchip
Johnny Lighting Ram Air Kit
Century Tonneau
Best 1/4 mi. ET: 13.249 secs
[This message has been edited by BadDog (edited 11-06-2000).]