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04-27-2015, 08:05 AM #1
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Turbo Hotside Leak Testing
Ideas, suggestions, sorry for your loss cards, etc...
Pretty sure I have a leak, drove me nuts last season and didn't ever connect that it was a leak vs loose rocker.
Somewhere in there.Correlation does not imply causation.
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04-27-2015, 08:29 AM #2
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Do you know anyone with a smoke tester you could borrow? They work well for finding small evap system leaks.
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04-27-2015, 08:32 AM #3
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Negative, that was my first thought, but none of my friend's have one or access to one.
Correlation does not imply causation.
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05-04-2015, 08:02 PM #5
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Any one who runs/owns a turbo car think running open turbine is a bad idea for a quick test?
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05-04-2015, 09:37 PM #6
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Well, you could blank off your headers to the heads and make a cap for the downpipe and pressure test it I suppose. That's how I found a massive leak on my cold side piping when running an eBay ls throttle body
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You can also build a boost leak tester similar to the links below. Instead of installing it on the cold side, find a place to install on the hot side. I've found many leaks with the one I made.
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05-05-2015, 07:33 AM #9
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Hot side was pressure checked, no leaks.
Chasing what I think is tapping from the downpipe smacking the KCorrelation does not imply causation.
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