Starting Fluid is a NO NO!

So I got a call today and there was a mechanic on the other end of the phone asking me if I could fix a charge air cooler that had an incident with some starting fluid.  He went on to say that he was working on a Volvo White ORT and it wasen't starting so he shot in  some starting fluid and the next thing he knew the end of the charge air cooler exploded .... could I fix it?

Well I told him we can fix almost anything but I would need to see what it was before making a decision so he brought in the cooler himself and sure enough the end of the tank was gone! and the cooling tubes were blown up into the tank. This was something that welding alone wouldn't fix we were going to have to install a new core.

So we put the order in for our replacement core and started to cut the old unit apart.

Here we go the new core arrived Fed Ex and that's me tigging it together . This core ended up saving my customer almost half of what a new one from the dealer would have cost. This one wasn't available aftermarket so a core was the only option that we had at our disposal.

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We welded up a new end for thew tank out of some 3/8 flat stock we had laying around the shop. Also there were some cracks that had to be repaired as well this is a mounting boss that needed attention.

And here we have it the finished product tested to 60psi painted and ready to do a cool job for some lucky diesel. 

This is a great way to save money and you get a great cooler too. Most of the time we can save our customers 1/2 of the cost of brand new.
Questions? always glad to help. Give us a call the number is on our web site. David
http://www.intermountainradiator.com