I'm going through everything, but perhaps I'm looking a bit hard. How can I check for leaks in the IC piping. I have some wise advice from Hydra already, but was wondering if anyone else had any tips or tricks.
From a visual inspection it looks like everything is attached and tight, but the idle I'm still not 100% happy with, it's not the normal 1G smooth. A small leak then could equal a massive leak once boost starts building depending on where it is.
Location: Bottom of the hill, Sydney
Registered: April 2004
Re: Looking for air leaks
Tue, 03 May 2005 12:32
If you are looking for a leak at idle (ie when manifold is under vacuum) just get a can of carbie cleaner and spray it around the places you want to check. If there is a leak the carbi cleaner will be sucked in and the idle will increase. You could also use WD40 or anything like that.
Try not to spray near any source of ignition as the stuff is obviously flammable and you don't want any mishaps.
It works well on manifold leaks and vacuum lines but I have never tried it on IC piping.
According to Autoshop 101, carby cleaner works best in conjunction with a C02 sniffer up the bum as when this content increase, you have found your leak.
Also, I read that soapy water works better if you can seal off the air intake before the AFM, fix the throttle body plate wide open, and pressurize the intake using compressed air (to no more that 25psi). Then just spray and watch and listen....
- Course not every home garage is equiped to do this.....
Looking for air leaks
Tue, 03 May 2005 07:43
