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| Author: | whizzbang [ Sun Jun 30, 2024 4:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | oil leak test |
Before I replace the engine I want to pretest for oil leaks. I'll need a very thin liquid that won't damage the engine and replace with proper oil when completed. Sounds crazy perhaps but any suggestions gratefully accepted. |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun Jun 30, 2024 7:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil leak test |
Diesel fuel. If you are not going to run it. What's left will mix with oil when you're done playing. It's a slight lubricant in itself, the first pre ww2 rail motors (Detroit Diesels) in NSW used it as ATF in their 2 speed automatic transmission. Normal ATF hadn't been invented yet. (Source- I did my apprenticeship there in the mid 60s) 
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| Author: | lomin [ Sun Jun 30, 2024 8:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil leak test |
A proper automotive smoke machine will pick almost all leaks, not sure how it goes for something like weeping out of side cover type of cork leaks. You may be amazed where it pours out. Do it with carby/ manifold on. cheers Lindsay Siebler |
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| Author: | winabbey [ Mon Jul 01, 2024 9:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil leak test |
lomin wrote: A proper automotive smoke machine will pick almost all leaks, not sure how it goes for something like weeping out of side cover type of cork leaks. You may be amazed where it pours out. Do it with carby/ manifold on. cheers Lindsay Siebler Until this post I’d never heard of such a piece of test equipment on a vehicle. A quick Google search produced a number of advertisements for the machine itself and videos on its use. Most seem to be just a few hundred dollars. Here’s an example - https://www.vevor.com.au/fuel-leak-dete ... 0246924081 Thanks for the post Lindsay. |
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| Author: | lomin [ Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: oil leak test |
Hi Doug, I have been guilty of many a budget machine for just the one off job, but I have tried the disco fog machine and the proper auto one, and it was a bit like a 400m trench 1m deep with shovel or excavator !!!!!!. I have vevor toys, not the real thing. cheers. If that engine is out of the car, I would suggest if you want to pre empt leaks, side cover gaskets leak often, diff oil seals, timing case oil seal and if timing chain is slack fit a new chain and a bit of instant power as cam timing will go closer to where it should be, and earlier cam gears with tensioner rings will advance it a bit more. |
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