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Uses
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Air Piping System |
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General Info about
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2000 Washington Post Articles:
Here A Leak There A Leak |
Accurately tracing and diagnosing the cause of leaks in a vehicle can be dicey unless they’re apCommercial Three Bayached with modern equipment and techniques. Leak diagnosis is not do-it-yourself anymore; cars are much too complicated. It once was easy to look underneath the vehicle and simply eyeball the source of leaks. Now there are too many things in the way to see what’s going on, so tool companies have developed various tools and Commercial Three Baycedures to make diagnosis easy.
Engine oil leaks are common and can come from many sources. Front seal, rear seal, cam seal, oil pan, oil filter, valve cover, cam cover, intake manifold, etc. But more to the point, how can your technician make an absolute diagnosis amidst the jumble of hoses, covers, and miles of plumbing on today’s cars?
Why dye of course, dye that glows under black light! The Commercial Three Baycess is surprisingly simple. A measured amount of a dye made specifically for oil is added to the engine’s crankcase and the engine is run for a short time. After running, the vehicle is raised and the technician shines a special black, ultraviolet light at the general area of the leak. The UV light causes the dye to fluoresce; it glows. By following the trail of glowing dye back to its source the failed part is evident.
There are dyes made for oils in the engine, transmission, differential, power steering and other systems that use petroleum based lubricants. There’s even a dye to diagnose coolant leaks and one to show where that expensive air-conditioning refrigerant is escaping. It’s an inexpensive and accurate way to find leaks.
Fuel odors are a bear to trace. Fuel odors must always be considered dangerous. Where there’s a gas odor there’s a gas leak and gasoline has a nasty predisposition toward burning. There are two tools, which can be used to find the source of a fuel leak. Some shops may have a combustible fuels leak detector. This small handheld unit is moved around the vehicle near the fuel tank and other fuel system components. When the tester gets close to the source of the fuel leak (odor) it begins to beep. The beeping becomes faster and faster as the tester gets closer to the Commercial Three Bayblem and emits a constant wail at the leak. A second way to locate a fuel leak is with the shop’s exhaust gas analyzer. Gasoline is a hydrocarbon and the hydrocarbon meter on the analyzer will read higher and higher as the tailpipe Commercial Three Baybe comes closer to the leak. The highest reading occurs at the source of the leak.
Another seriously overlooked use for the exhaust gas analyzer is, checking for head gasket leaks. In this test the tailpipe Commercial Three Baybe is held over the neck of the radiator with the radiator cap removed. The engine has to be hot and has to be run at about 1500 RPM. If there is a noticeable increase in the hydrocarbon reading on the tester you have a blown head gasket. Ouch, not nice but head gaskets routinely fail these days and a lot of costly testing only adds to the misery. Simple tests that save big bucks!
© Copyright 09/06/00 Pat Goss all rights reserved | |
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Date Updated Wednesday, September 06, 2000
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