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Post by Joepublic on Jan 4, 2023 19:59:20 GMT 1
I've often thought of making a leak detector from an old hairdryer......  Lol….. Quite innovative I thought…. Just needs a drip oiler with baby oil in it…..should work.. A sealed system and lack of flow would mean the element would overheat quickly, it was more for its blow I was thinking. This was to be used in conjunction with smoke inside a vessel prior to the H/D |
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Post by studabear on Jan 5, 2023 19:42:48 GMT 1
Hopefully got someone going to hook the car up to their smoke machine for me.
I kinda hope it's got no leaks as will be easier and quicker to change the egr 😄
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Post by Joepublic on Oct 2, 2023 18:31:58 GMT 1
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Post by OldGit on Oct 2, 2023 20:19:41 GMT 1
That's a good price but very low pressure, I'd replace the pressure regulator with a variable one capped at 2 bar - a flowmeter 'peashooter' type is handy too, along with some inflatable bungs for blocking off the exhaust pipes etc.
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Post by remmington on Oct 2, 2023 20:25:28 GMT 1
That's a good price but very low pressure, I'd replace the pressure regulator with a variable one capped at 2 bar - a flowmeter 'peashooter' type is handy too, along with some inflatable bungs for blocking off the exhaust pipes etc. Not sure which generic chinese one I bought - but it comes with a good range of adapters and "cones"... Mine was over the £100 mark - it is yellow - not sure what make it is thou...? (not used it allot). |
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Post by OldGit on Oct 2, 2023 20:41:47 GMT 1
Mine gets used several times a week - not just by me, and TBH, diag. is the largest part of my job description. We have filter-spinners to do the servicing, whereas you have to get involved with everything (and Mercs are quite good at having charge air / induction leaks & EGR blockages....).
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Post by valhalla on Oct 2, 2023 21:10:08 GMT 1
The one linked by Joepublic seems to be down-to-earth, but as OldGit says, you would likely want to make a flowmeter to get the best out of it.
The auction listing does not seem to know whether the red lamp is for "smoke" or "alarm" - both seem to have been photographed in parallel to one another - but it occurs to me that as a Chinesium bit of kit, "smoke" and "alarm" are synonymous with each other.....  |
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Post by givusaclue on Oct 3, 2023 12:50:44 GMT 1
we have a redline pro which probably cost £500 10+ years ago, use it loads, excellent piece of kit, but then it should be for that money
the yellow ones with the inbuilt pumps look good for mobile guys
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Post by Karl on Oct 3, 2023 20:44:05 GMT 1
We have the redline pro
Can’t remember the make before that
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Post by valhalla on Oct 3, 2023 21:07:32 GMT 1
I have the Smoke Pro unit, which has only ever had one, minor, problem; the smoke rubber hose perished near the machine-end, and I had to open it up to shorten the hose by an inch or so.
The flow-gauge on this unit has been 100%, the smoke is excellent, and the test-flow control is still as smooth and accurate as the day I unboxed it (well over a decade ago), so getting the "sweet-spot" for having just the right amount of smoke to issue from any failure-point or another is dead easy.
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Post by OldGit on Oct 3, 2023 22:03:46 GMT 1
The trouble with old / original versions of tools - well, anything, is that they are always better than the current version of the same thing, so when we recommend anything, it's only actually the version we have - not the current one, that's as good as we say it is...
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