I can't believe it but it's true! I have a problem with loosing coolant for my supercharger. I work at the Chevy dealer so I bring it in for them to look at it. They take my supercharger off and look at the laminova coils and find that it is leaking into my intake manifold! It's covered under warranty but only one problem, It's on national back order and they have no expected time for it to be back in stock! So now I have to drive my car and keep checking to make sure that I don't run out of coolant. Anyone else have this isue??

 

interesting...


or, relevent to another thread

fintersting

 

ask for a loaner car. gm will pay for it.

if the parts on backorder call gm direct and complain. they will pay for a car for you to drive.

 

you can drive the car because it only leaks under vaccum not boost. I was thinking about asking them to install the ss t/c intercooler instead of the ss s/c

 

see if they can run a locate and have one shipped dealer to dealer.

 

how is your intercooler leaking into your exhaust manifold? You mean intake manifold? Leaky laminovas or something?

 

i dont really understand your issue...there is no intercooler underneath the supercharger, there are laminova cores inside the intake manifold, that is where the coolant passes through. and then how would the coolant travel from there to the exhaust manifold unless the car is just burning it? and the ss/tc has an air/air intercooler setup. us SC's has air/water so there is no way they could put the one off of the SS/TC

 

^its true

 

i did mean intake manifold lol. What set-up would I be able to do to bypass this if anything?? There are none of these at any dealer and are on national backorder, probably due to others having this issu.

 

x2..

 

i have never heard of that issue with this car, look for one on sale here. im pretty sure a couple people have them for sale though. there isnt a way to bypass that system

 

i would have them look for a used one if another dealer does'nt have one.

 

can't get a used one, that means I would have to pay for one and mine is already going to be paid for under warranty. so the front intercooler that people get from mustangs and from cobalt-addiction are a replacement of the one we have???

 

You can't bypass this, is it the laminova that is leaking, crack in the intake or the endplate?

 

no, think of the system like this. lets start at the filler neck in front of the SC, from there a hose travels down to the intercooler pump, from there it goes to the stock front mounted heat exchanger, from there it goes to the endplate and through the laminova cores(which is most likely your leak from what your saying), then back to the filler neck in front of the SC. an aftermarket intercooler(heat exchanger) is just placed in between the intercooler pump and the stock front mounted heat exchanger. so an aftermarket heat exchanger will not fix your issue

 

never heard of this happening before? I don't think my service department has either!! is it safe to drive this thing around with it leaking??

 

i would definitely park it. your dealer you work for cant hook you up with a loaner car?

 

Laminovas leak, its not uncommon. I wouldn't drive around with coolant running through your engine.

 

exactly...think of it this way, liquid can't be compressed and now your forcing it in between the piston and the cylinder head. basically works just like hydrolock. and i didnt know the laminova's are known for leaking. good info to know

 

If youve got leaking laminova cores and you have to drive the car you need to drain the supercharger coolant.

 

and then watch your iat2's hit astronomical levels and go boom.

 

so should I not be driving my car then??

 

It wont go boom just from driving it, I didnt think it was necessary to point out, but perhaps I should. You need to take it easy without coolant in the system..

The J body kit doesnt use the laminovas

 

What would the cost be on a j body kit be??

 

i just like to make sure, so he doesn't come back looking for you saying, you said I could drive my car without the intercooler system, I was driving around town in traffic, or I was racing this guy, and my engine flew out of the compartment, and it was on fire.


btw yes I know that is a complete dramatization and wouldn't actually happen like that.