Intercooler fluid stand-alone circuit or shared with radiator coolant?

Nov 11, 2012 | 03:29 AM

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Intercooler fluid stand-alone circuit or shared with radiator coolant?

Quick Q, is the intercooler pump and fluid shared with the radiator's coolant? Or does it have it's own stand alone tank/fluid that's not circulating with the radiators fluid.

Damn I really need that workshop manual .

Nov 11, 2012 | 02:56 PM

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It is shared.

Nov 11, 2012 | 05:10 PM

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Correct. They share the overflow reservoir. No need to bleed either when redoing the ic pump.

The sl- class amg cars on the other hand have a completely separate coolant circuit.

Nov 11, 2012 | 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by alx

Correct. They share the overflow reservoir. No need to bleed either when redoing the ic pump.

The sl- class amg cars on the other hand have a completely separate coolant circuit.

Great, that's what I was getting at.
I ordered the uprated 010 bosch pump, and wanted to make sure I do it right, bleeding the system and whatnot.. I'll most likely just flush the cooling system and refill with fresh fluid since I'm giving the car a tuneup.

Looks like it's as simple as locating the IC pump, removing and replacing it with the new one then. Thanks!

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