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Old 01-31-2017, 05:01 AM
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valve cover smoke test

How can one perform this kind of this valve cover smoke testing? Where is the smoke inserted from? Has anyone tried this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXnXss4yL7w
 

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You can see in the video that he has it attached to this hose that goes into the cover:



Image from our v/c article: http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarti...eplacement.htm
Smoke tester: http://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info/SMK-95-0001.htm

His other video shows you it when it's off the car for a better idea: https://youtu.be/ZLnDnpj81vU
 
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