New E53 Owner intro/Boost leak (I think)

[Supra]

Thanks Wayne, all great info and exactly what I was looking for. As a side note I run just over 1.2 bar on the supra and have been down this route before chasing leaks at full boost so sort of know what I need to do.

There are no obvious oily spots in any areas I can see, certainly none around the hard or soft pipes in the engine bay, this was the first thing I looked for when I first noticed it.


Also, am I right in thinking the front bumper & crash bar have to come off to get the intercooler out, I read somewhere that the fan has to come out too? Do you know exactly what need to come out to get access?

Thanks

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by Supra

... Also, am I right in thinking the front bumper & crash bar have to come off to get the intercooler out, I read somewhere that the fan has to come out too? Do you know exactly what need to come out to get access?

Thanks

Yep - all has to come off...

Front Bumper...

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...40-fan/AHFXq0g

Front cross member...

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...40-fan/A1bFGBU

Aux fan...

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...40-fan/ADMZEZG

And here's a larger intercooler fitter to an E53!

[Supra]

Originally Posted by wpoll

Yep - all has to come off...

Front Bumper...

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...40-fan/AHFXq0g

Front cross member...

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...40-fan/A1bFGBU

Aux fan...

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...40-fan/ADMZEZG

And here's a larger intercooler fitter to an E53!

Jeez, thats a lot of work on an old motor where things are going to break snap etc. So I have come up with a plan for the weekend if I have time and weather permits: Will block off the turbo end of the rubber hose to the the turbo end of the intercooler feed, pull off the hose to the EGR delete and make a simple adaptor to allow me to charge the intake pipes and intercooler up with some compressed air monitoring the pressure and see if it holds out, hopefully as I get over 1 bar ish whatever is giving out when I am driving will become apparent. I will let you know and take some pics too.