Turbo Hotside Leak Testing

[shownomercy]

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.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f94/RealQuick/Matt%20Kohler/6.jpg

Somewhere in there.

[79LT1Monte]

Do you know anyone with a smoke tester you could borrow? They work well for finding small evap system leaks.

[shownomercy]

Negative, that was my first thought, but none of my friend's have one or access to one.

[SSlowBoat]

Smoke bombs from phantom fireworks right into the header primary air injection plug

[shownomercy]

Any one who runs/owns a turbo car think running open turbine is a bad idea for a quick test?

[firebird_1995]

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

[popo8]

Halloween shop fog machine.

[sleepy_z]

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.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZnbd7mDuec


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3HmH86CCXE

[shownomercy]

Hot side was pressure checked, no leaks.

Chasing what I think is tapping from the downpipe smacking the K