On Friday, December 15, 2017 at 9:14:26 AM UTC-6, Arthur Wood wrote:
> All we need to find vacuum leaks in a complex engine is a smoke machine
> that works. All it needs to do is...
> a. Emit lots of smoke that won't clog up an engine when it condenses, and,
> b. Constantly push that smoke at a couple of psi for about a half hour.
>
> We made a smoke machine to work on a friend's kid's old bimmer but the
> smoke machine we made failed to generate enough smoke. And now I need a
> smoke machine.
> https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/368...moke2.jpg.html
>
> It seems so simple, and yes, we've seen the "cigar in a can" and "burning
> rags in a can" videos but they all have problems of not generating enough
> smoke for a long enough period of time.
>
> Our machine generates smoke for a long time but not enough smoke!
> https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/368...moke7.jpg.html
>
> It's 3 holes in a new paint can with glycerin in a soup can inside.
> https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/368...moke3.jpg.html
>
> The top has a 12VDC diesel glow plug which gets red hot. It is stuck into
> the glycerin in a soup can. That generates the smoke.
> https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/368...moke5.jpg.html
>
> We push that smoke out regulated at about 3 psi with an air gun mounted on
> the side.
> https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/368...moke8.jpg.html
>
> There's just not enough smoke.
> https://www.turboimagehost.com/p/368...moke9.jpg.html
>
> Do you know what fluid would generate more non-sticky smoke?
> Or do you know of a hundred dollar smoke machine that can do the two thing?
> a. Emit lots of smoke that won't clog up an engine when it condenses, and,
> b. Constantly push that smoke at a couple of psi for about a half hour.

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