intercooler in 406

I'm sure that the Intercooler is more to do with the turbo on the diesel engine, although I could be wrong.

MS

Hi you!

It's part of the engine. When the air that is used to burn gasoline in the engine is forced into the engine (eg by using a turbocharger), and not just sucked in, it gets hot (100°C or more). When the temperature of a gas (air is a gas) rises and the pressure stays the same it will expand. So if your car burns (just guessing...) 5 liters of air at every revolution you will actually get more out of it when the air is colder, since then there are more Oxygen-atoms in each liter. When you have more Oxygen-atoms per liter you can also burn more fuel, thus making more power.

An intercooler is between turbocharger and engine and cools the air down.

A/C is a completely different thing. The intercooler is alway on.

No problem, we all asked at on time.

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Tobi

- Tobias, thanks for the response. So: the small radiator that serves the intercooler should be cool (when the engine is "on")? Or, in P406 HDi... there are special conditions for the radiator to be cool?

Thanks Piotr

Asar as I know there is only warm air in the intercooler, that has to be cooled down in order to boost the performance of the engine.

That's exactly what I seaid.

Tobi

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Tobi