awesome cheap troubleshooting tool

[smithers584]

hey everyone, im sure i am not the only person who has done this, but i just made my own tool for checking vacumm lines for leaks and it worked flawlessly. cost was around ten bucks, everything purchased at lowes. just hook it up instead of your intake and pressurize your system with about 20psi from an air compressor. this will pressurize your IC piping if you are turbo, and if you open the throttle body it pressurizes the lines and mani, just dont use to much pressure because valves and shit are still open. hope it helps some of you chasing vacumm leaks.

Parts needed:

PVC adapter with one threaded end
PVC threaded insert of the same size to seal the one end
1 schrader valve, like off a tire
rubber coupling
sealent

i dont know much about uploading pics, but try this
go here http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j147/smithers584/?action=view&current=tool.jpg
hope the link works

[Nizzan4u2nv]

http://www.sr20forum.com/showthread.php?t=89947

Been done before. But yes, its a great way to check for leaks.

[smithers584]

yeah i figured, just wanted to bring it to the attention of the other members of the forum that may not know.

[speedstar01]

awesome info smithers! :)

[smithers584]

the best part about it is that your motor will not be running so its quiet and easy to hear any type of leak as well as feel it without any efans running.

[WILDACEX187]

they sell premade ones for cheap also

[mjjstang]

ahh yes the boost leak testers, I thought everyone had one, guess not, it is sucha nice tool, right now im leaking a little from my bov line, and somewhere around the turbo, under the turbo i guess, I dont know, but i really thoguht i had a vac line leak but dont, guess thats not why my idle sucks, but yah i just made it a few days ago, and will be rechecking the leaks later this week, sweet tool it is.

[WILDACEX187]

it make a noise where its leaking right?

[mjjstang]

yes, and i can feel it coming out, just cant pinpoint it, to see it i belive i have to be under the car, plus ill squirt it with a soapy/water mix. but explain this, is it possible for any of it to leak through the head and out the exhaust, i guess there wouldnt be a point during the cycle though that would have the intake and exhaust ports open so it shouldnt leak through to the exhaust, but it does seem to be coming out the exhaust side of turbo, ehh o well ill figure it out, I only had it at 10 psi too, maybe 20 will expose more leaks.

[go240]

awesome - that's just what i need

[riznuki2]

hey does anyone know if a sr20det head out of a pulsar fwd car will work 4 my s13 sr20det?. i have head problems

[Nizzan4u2nv]

hey does anyone know if a sr20det head out of a pulsar fwd car will work 4 my s13 sr20det?. i have head problems

No, distributor will be pointing towards the firewall so would the intake. You could probably get away with the intake since its just a plenum for the ITBs but cant do anything about the dizzy.

[TheStartingLine]

Thats sweet dude. Im going to do that.

[smithers584]

wow this is the first time i have ever see you post simon, appearantly you dont do it too often!