DIY Smoke Machine

sdw said:
Well not a machine really.

After reading David Dalke's comment that every SC he's seen has had a leak I decided since my car is a couple of weeks away from firing up I would leak check it.

I phone around and the best price I could get was $70.00 to have a garage do it. So I figured I could something similar for lots cheaper.

Found an empty bottle that fit my intake. Drilled a hole in the cap. Took an old bicycle inner tube i've been using and cut the valve out so I could stick it through the cap and the rubber would seal against the bottle when the cap was tightened down.

Bought some HVAC smoke bombs used for checking duct work. I had some leftover tin so I put that in the intake tube as a base so the rubber wouldn't get damaged. Then clamped the HT102 in a small vice grips to hold it up. Lit it, placed it on the tin, put bottle in place and clamped it down.

Used bicycle pump to pressurize the intake. and viola, leaking TPS and a line that I left off the back of the intake.

Total cost $3.75 plus tax for the smoke bomb.

Now to figure out where I made the mistake on the vacuum lines. :eek:

Here's some pics.

Regards

Sean
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Freaking Ingenious!
 
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