how can you tell if you have a leak?
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how can you tell if you have a leak? when i first installed the lines i sprayed it on an almost empty bottle and it ran like a raped ape, i dont think i did the best line install as im still an ameteur and the line is not braded its just a cheapy plastic line, now when i spray it it still goes but no where near as hard as it did when i first sprayed. like there might be a leak or something, what should i look for and is there any way to test? thanks for the help in advance!
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Re: how can you tell if you have a leak? oh btw, the bottle has been filled now and i let it warm up in a bucket of water till it was warm to the touch then wrapped it in a blanket, this was done the first time as well, and it pulled like a mother, now it just barely goes but over my engine i cannot hear if its leaking or not, is there any way to tell other than to just spray the kit when the car is off and the line is outa the intake? its a compucar nitrous in a bag kit, and im working on very limited funding for the time being so simply going out and buying alot of new parts isnt really what i can do, im looking for the budget solution here, thanks.
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Re: how can you tell if you have a leak? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> how can you tell if you have a leak? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You hear Psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!
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Re: how can you tell if you have a leak? You'll look like an idiot doing it, so close your garage door! I suspected a leak in mine, but couldn't find it. I then did the old shade tree mechanic "lifters tapping" diagnosis >>
Get a vacuum hose (any flexible hose of small diameter). Put one end up to your ear, and run the other end of the hose around every fitting in the nitrous path.
I found I had a tiny leak at the inlet of my purge solenoid. I couldn't hear it without the hose stuck in my ear, and it wasn't enough to make bubbles in soapy water.
Like I said, you'll look like a damn idiot, but it did work for me...
Mike M
Get a vacuum hose (any flexible hose of small diameter). Put one end up to your ear, and run the other end of the hose around every fitting in the nitrous path.
I found I had a tiny leak at the inlet of my purge solenoid. I couldn't hear it without the hose stuck in my ear, and it wasn't enough to make bubbles in soapy water.
Like I said, you'll look like a damn idiot, but it did work for me...
Mike M
Re: how can you tell if you have a leak? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by LS1Bird:
<strong>You'll look like an idiot doing it, so close your garage door! I suspected a leak in mine, but couldn't find it. I then did the old shade tree mechanic "lifters tapping" diagnosis >>
Get a vacuum hose (any flexible hose of small diameter). Put one end up to your ear, and run the other end of the hose around every fitting in the nitrous path.
I found I had a tiny leak at the inlet of my purge solenoid. I couldn't hear it without the hose stuck in my ear, and it wasn't enough to make bubbles in soapy water.
Like I said, you'll look like a damn idiot, but it did work for me...
Mike M</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" /> That just cracked me up. I can just picture all the neighbors watching you with a hose to your ear walking around your car. LMAO <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<strong>You'll look like an idiot doing it, so close your garage door! I suspected a leak in mine, but couldn't find it. I then did the old shade tree mechanic "lifters tapping" diagnosis >>
Get a vacuum hose (any flexible hose of small diameter). Put one end up to your ear, and run the other end of the hose around every fitting in the nitrous path.
I found I had a tiny leak at the inlet of my purge solenoid. I couldn't hear it without the hose stuck in my ear, and it wasn't enough to make bubbles in soapy water.
Like I said, you'll look like a damn idiot, but it did work for me...
Mike M</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[jester]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" /> That just cracked me up. I can just picture all the neighbors watching you with a hose to your ear walking around your car. LMAO <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
