Autool smoke leak testing

 it is a great little box, and good and easy to use. there's smoke coming in different places, found one mystery leak. but the others are easy to fix. if you have a turbo car, i would highly recommend autool.

have to test is it the new exhaust gasket that leaks or where it comes...

also the v-band seems to leak a little bit...

have to check that out also.

smoke detector detected.

Bought a smoke detector from amazon.com, 

and i was surprised that it really works and helps too.

its actually very helpful. this has been used on the turbo-ghia.

found couple of places that leaks. in the intake and the exhaust too.

the inspection is still on progress...

 

 

turbo-ghia troubleshooting part 4

 Today was a day to take a bath, with a pressurized throttle valve, and it went pretty well, the more you give air/pressure, the better the jacuzzi feels like. :-) BUT have to think what can be done with this. i don't know any machinists... i would like a 65 mm throttle bore , but one that doesn't leak. ok whats next?

if the weather will be decent, i will go to the cottage to freeze my butt, and try to pressurize the rest of the intake. and the best result will come, if i loosen the rocker shafts. i wonder how this will turn out. + it would be wise to check out the hoses too... and the pressure is under 0,3 bar in this clip

turbo-ghia troubleshooting part 2

 Ok, first part of the leak down test partially done. Even the bigger compressor was out of order, the small tyre compressor made some pressure for the system, and there's two spots that needs to be fixed, then i need more/bigger pressure, to see if there's more. but looks like the parts in this green line is ok. well atleast semi ok. the weather went to sunshine to pretty cold, so this test-thing will continue later on, :-)

i´m a bit nervous, what will be found later. but first this tested part has to be leak proof.

turbo-ghia troubleshooting part 1

 Today was a great day, even i didn't get to the great final. i had to test the "Turbo Boost Leak tester" set... to pressurize the compressor side...BUT i couldn't get any pressure to the cold side of the turbo. none. i thought that the new leak tester is broken. but no. so now i have to test the system in smaller parts, like plug the intercooler, and test the tubes before that. or maybe just plug the tube where the BOW is located... 

have to go back tomorrow, if there's no wind and a bit warmer, as it was cold today. and i have to locate different size plugs for this... but maybe there's a reason that this black ghia doesn't have many horses...

the starting point. 1. remove the air cleaner...

2. plug the intake of the turbo...

and put some compressed air...

(there's the kit to test...)

3. dismantle the cold side tubing somewhere, 

and put a plug somewhere... and NOTHING!

there's a massive leak somewhere... DAMN!

to be continued!

No boost?

Lets find out, if the compressor side of the engine is leaking. i do need a smoke machine too later, but this could tell much of the system with a cheap price. i ordered these from amazon.com, the company seems to be TURBO BOOST / Leak testers, made in USA.

So now i have new oil in the engine, new filter, these leak testers, and i have to check the rockers, if there would be something strange there... maybe something shows up?