I apparently have a vacuum leak, and after searching around, i dont want to buy a fog machine just to diagnose it.
Would lighting a bunch of cigarettes do the trick?
Cigarette smoke to find vacuum leak
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Re: Cigarette smoke to find vacuum leak
Never heard of this. Spray brake cleaner or starting fluid around possible vacuum leak areas (intake air hose clamps, manifold gaskets, etc); if engines RPM rises, you found your leak.
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Re: Cigarette smoke to find vacuum leak
No no no monkey. That would be sacrilege to waste cigarettes on that. A certified letter from the IRS, or a court summons would be much more effective.
Just kidding. I don't believe the smoke would be dense enough, but you could try it.
Just kidding. I don't believe the smoke would be dense enough, but you could try it.
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Re: Cigarette smoke to find vacuum leak
any codes? (sorry if its been posted musta missed it)
When i still had my pathy, my "leak" was really my evap canister... Rockautoparts has it cheap.
When i still had my pathy, my "leak" was really my evap canister... Rockautoparts has it cheap.
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Re: Cigarette smoke to find vacuum leak
yeah, a specific cylinder misfire shortly after my post.
What im supposed to do though, instead of seeing where the smoke is sucked in (which i doubt will be thick enough because of the fan blowing), is with the engine off, blow into one of the vacuum hoses and see where smoke escapes
though with a specific cylinder misfire (#5), it cant be a vacuum leak because a vacuum leak would cause a random misfire i think
What im supposed to do though, instead of seeing where the smoke is sucked in (which i doubt will be thick enough because of the fan blowing), is with the engine off, blow into one of the vacuum hoses and see where smoke escapes
though with a specific cylinder misfire (#5), it cant be a vacuum leak because a vacuum leak would cause a random misfire i think