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.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...20Kohler/6.jpg

Somewhere in there.

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

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

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

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

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

Halloween shop fog machine.

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

Hot side was pressure checked, no leaks.

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