intercooler fins

[markii]

i run my finger through my car's intercooler fins and it started to flake and peel off. is this a problem i should worry about?

 

[clanzkiller]

intercooler fin is made from sliced thin metal which can easily tear off or koyak...
there shud not be a problem UNLESS the whole intercooler become like tat..
cause it wil disallow air to enter wit the koyak metal blocking the hole
maybe u can show the picture here to see if there is any problem wit it

 

[markii]

yes the whole intercooler is like that. however i dont think it blocks air. i just worry because if i rub my fingers lightly across the fins, it will all koyak and peel off like dead skin. a new one at most the fins will only bend.

 

[clanzkiller]

i mean if the whole intercooler koyak...not even a position is in normal...

new one wil only bend..because it is new
old one is because....when metal being put under the sun,hot temperature,heat and wit water,dust..it wil slowly become very easy to koyak...
same thing like if u put a slice of metal under the sun for a week...after a week...u can bend it without using any power..and it wil break into pieces...

 

[markii]

hmmm..ic..means the fins actually serves no purpose, or is not one of the main components in the intercooler?

 

[clanzkiller]

yes it is of course !...
but minor peel off is ok...don la whole intercooler peel off LOL...
u get those intercooler from half cut...some of it had minor peel off too...
the blocking hole wil decrease the efficiency of the intercooler...
like u close the windows of your house,air cannot enter..
so if all the hole being blocked by the small pieces peel off metal..how the air gona enter?

 

[markii]

but mine is like ashes. just touch already peel and drop off. whole intercooler like that.

 

[eyong]

Maybe it's totally corroded and degraded from salt-water exposure (Japan). Even if it's aluminium, it will degrade over time ... If you run your finger along it and it falls off, I think you should start looking for another intercooler.

Those fins are for heat-exchange to increase the surface area of the intercooler to air passing thru it. It basically is the element how efficient your intercooler would perform to get-rids of heat ...

 

[S4TR14^TURB0]

maybe its time for u to change a new intercooler =D

 

[YuHaNiSa]

is normal...but if to much is bad

 

[haoh_maro]

Thanks for the good info... previously I thought the intercooler that had the same issue was nearly become faulty...

 

[pioneer411]

not faulty la, i think it because of weather condition cause it like that.... the fin is for heat transfer,, some nvm la, if habis koyak, time to buy new la hahahaha

 

[haoh_maro]

not faulty la, i think it because of weather condition cause it like that.... the fin is for heat transfer,, some nvm la, if habis koyak, time to buy new la hahahaha

Hmmm... sorry to say bro but it seems, there is an answer posted b4 u oredi that make me understand the i/c is not faulty...

 

[GT_AUTO]

it's call "life span"....hehehe...need new i/c liow.ur expired already.

 

[ondgennis]

ur IC also look garang only with the tube but no fin...
kidding...