while parking my car i kinda pull up too far and hit the curb. when i reversed i noticed this little thin bracket or whateva that i guess holds or supports the intercooler was hanging. i wanted to know could i remove this or where could i get another at. thanks

 

more than likely dealer only item.

 

is it needed to hold the intercooler or could i remove it?

 

yea you need it. There are two bolts on each side holding the intercooler. Other than that...just the charge pipes are holding it. You can get them from GMpartsdirect.com I believe...

 

That's not your intercooler bracket. You're talking about the condensation pipe that hangs below the IC. Another one bites the dust. Check your intercooler endtanks. There's a chance they may have cracked.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show....php?p=4878838

 

thanks for the link. im stuff kinda new to the fi scene so when you say check my intercooler endtanks what am i looking at and for?

i will be ziptieing it tonight

 

Check this link:

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...2&postcount=41

 

OHHHH! The little water collector thing. my bad. Yea mine got ripped off. I just plugged the hole and was good to go...

 

Til you throw codes and can't explain why your car is driving poorly. If you knocked it off, there's a good chance that you either cracked the endtank, or bent a tab. I wouldn't be surprised if your IC was leaking.

 

so i should just buy a new intercooler

 

leak test it first. a lot of guys can either get the IC warrantied for the end tanks cracking, or fix it with jb weld or something similar.

 

Oh yea...I blasted a big ass hole in it. I threw a code and couldn't boost. I plugged it with JB Weld and pressure tested it. I was good and it held the 23psi

 

was looking for a intercooler and i ran into this. i know this is to good to be true but would this fix my problem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FMIC-...Q5fAccessories

i been looking and cant find nothing. found some sweet deals on intercooler piping but i dont really trust ebay

 

No way to mount it to our car, plus you would had to buy some metal 90 degree elbows to hook up the OEM piping.