It's also a pretty easy job to clean the intercooler. Front bumper takes about 5 mins to remove, you can then just unclip the tranny cooler, undo the intercooler pipes and then the intercooler just unclips. Block one end (a rubber glove and one of the hose clamps is a cheap way) and fill with degreaser. Let is soak for a while and give it a good shake around. Drain it and flush well with a hose (keep the glove on hear but cut a hole in it, that way there is enough back pressure for the water to actually fill the intercooler to make sure it flushes properly. I then leave it out in the sun to dry, then finally blow out with compressed air. You could also do a final flush with petrol and leave in the sun to evaporate.
Pipe you can soak in degreaser. I but a cheap bottle brush and give them a good clean. Just a tie a bit of wire to the handle and pull brush through with the draw wire on the long hoses.
If you have never fitted a catch can and have done more than 60k km, I would definitely be looking at doing this clean.
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2015 Granite Limited
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