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Boost leak detectors
#1
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Boost leak detectors
What are you using to check for boost leaks? Twice I have had boost leaks pop up out of nowhere and having a boost leak detector would make finding the leak much easier. Last time I found it while on the dyno.
I thought about making my own and then decided to google it and ...pre made, ready to use, nicer than I could make, reasonable prices too. I just ordered up a 4 inch one for the tool box.
I thought about making my own and then decided to google it and ...pre made, ready to use, nicer than I could make, reasonable prices too. I just ordered up a 4 inch one for the tool box.
#3
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Rather than driving around to the hardware stores and auto parts places I just ordered one.
http://www.turboboostleaktesters.com/servlet/StoreFront
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/m...-DIY-check.htm
http://www.turboboostleaktesters.com/servlet/StoreFront
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/m...-DIY-check.htm
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The only time I have had a boost leak is when the charge pipe came off . I am sure if you logged some info off your ems you could easily tell if you are leaking boost. Not that I have tried it, but if you have an air compressor @ home you could use that to try and find a leak.
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Ive always just improvised, but those who havent done this I highly recommend you give it a shot. Basically 100% of the cars I have done it to have a leak somewhere. Whether from a clamp being at a bad angle or having a hole rubbed in a pipe by some steel, theres been at least a sight leak.
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It arrived 4 days after I ordered it. Very simple and easy to make your own as has been stated before. You need a drill and tap to make one of these. If you skip the gauge it can be made for very cheap. It was simple to just order it.
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Now to the task at hand, looking for boost leaks and solving them.
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Now to the task at hand, looking for boost leaks and solving them.
#9
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It arrived 4 days after I ordered it. Very simple and easy to make your own as has been stated before. You need a drill and tap to make one of these. If you skip the gauge it can be made for very cheap. It was simple to just order it.
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Now to the task at hand, looking for boost leaks and solving them.
[attachment=3887SC00216.JPG]
Now to the task at hand, looking for boost leaks and solving them.