Do you have the electronics skills to design a good home mad

>"Typically, fog is created by vaporizing proprietary water and
glycol-based or glycerin-based fluids or through the atomization of
mineral oil. "

Which is poisonous to the catalytic, and may have a deleterious effect on the MAF if you go directly into the air intake. Newer diesels MIGHT have a MAF so we are back to the ether. I think it is still less than four bucks a can, which should be enough to troubleshoot the intake system on about ten cars if you know what you're doing.

 

>"The smoke
is pumped INTO the system, with the engine not running - under a low
pressure to force it OUT through the leak."

Yeah you could brush up bit as well. It must be tested with the engine running. When you shut it down at east ONE intake valve will be open and the odds are good that it is during valve overlap, which is quite long in modern engines. Odds are even better that two intake valves are open and it will go in one and out the other.

 

"First lose the glow plug, more smoke = more surface area for the oil to
cook on."

I saw o mention of it being a diesel. If the OP doesn't know or lacks the presence of mind to include that information I give the fuck up. Take it to someone who knows what they're doing then.

There is no accounting for stupidity though, you know you ask many people if they bought or leased their new of fairly new car they actually don't know. Yes, even though I walk through the valley of stupidity that one took me slightly aback... I mean seriously, don't LET them people try to change their own tire.

 

[pfjw@aol.com]

You thinking the same guy that argued about tire mounting and
ballancing???

My thought too. Mabee his twin brother from a different mother???

I would be surprised if there were a mother involved in either case.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

 

[rickman]

jurb6006@gmail.com wrote on 12/16/2017 6:53 AM:

"The smoke
is pumped INTO the system, with the engine not running - under a low
pressure to force it OUT through the leak."

Yeah you could brush up bit as well. It must be tested with the engine running. When you shut it down at east ONE intake valve will be open and the odds are good that it is during valve overlap, which is quite long in modern engines. Odds are even better that two intake valves are open and it will go in one and out the other.

Think about what you wrote. If you run this test with the engine running,
there is a vacuum on the intake and smoke won't exit through any leaks.
Instead the leaks pull air into the tubing. So how would any smoke at the
intake be leaked to show the defect?

--

Rick C

Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms,
on the centerline of totality since 1998

 

[pfjw@aol.com]

On Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 9:30:53 AM UTC-5, rickman wrote:

Think about what you wrote. If you run this test with the engine running,
there is a vacuum on the intake and smoke won't exit through any leaks.
Instead the leaks pull air into the tubing. So how would any smoke at the
intake be leaked to show the defect?

I suggest you look up "invincible ignorance".

At the same time, the longer this individual remains off the road, the better it will be for anyone forced to share that road.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

 

[rickman]

pfjw@aol.com wrote on 12/16/2017 10:20 AM:

On Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 9:30:53 AM UTC-5, rickman wrote:

Think about what you wrote. If you run this test with the engine running,
there is a vacuum on the intake and smoke won't exit through any leaks.
Instead the leaks pull air into the tubing. So how would any smoke at the
intake be leaked to show the defect?

I suggest you look up "invincible ignorance".

At the same time, the longer this individual remains off the road, the better it will be for anyone forced to share that road.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

I haven't seen one on topic word from you on this thread. Perhaps you
should look up "troll"?

--

Rick C

Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms,
on the centerline of totality since 1998

 

[pfjw@aol.com]

On Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 10:41:27 AM UTC-5, rickman wrote:

Melrose Park, PA

I haven't seen one on topic word from you on this thread. Perhaps you
should look up "troll"?

No, I exhausted my good will on the other thread.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

 

[Adrian Caspersz]

On 15/12/17 19:18, pfjw@aol.com wrote:

I once stated that I would never drive a BMW. There are two reasons why:

Reason 1: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style..
That's a trash UK newspaper website fishing with link bait.

A supporting quote from National Enquirer on your side of the pond would
carry the same weight ...

--
Adrian C

 

[rickman]

pfjw@aol.com wrote on 12/16/2017 11:18 AM:

On Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 10:41:27 AM UTC-5, rickman wrote:

Melrose Park, PA

I haven't seen one on topic word from you on this thread. Perhaps you
should look up "troll"?

No, I exhausted my good will on the other thread.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

That doesn't mean you need to reply at all.

--

Rick C

Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms,
on the centerline of totality since 1998

 

Clare Snyder posted for all of us...

On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:52:41 -0500, TekkieŽ <Tekkie@comcast.net
wrote:
You thinking the same guy that argued about tire mounting and
ballancing???

My thought too. Mabee his twin brother from a different mother???

Yup

--
Tekkie

 

etpm@whidbey.com posted for all of us...

Any idea how to calculate the PSI out from the 2000CFM spec?
You can calculate the PSI if you know the viscosity of the fluid and
the size of the orifice the fluid has to pass through. So you will
need to guess at the size of the orifice on the party smoke machine
and then look online for about 5 minutes to find a page that will let
you just plug the numbers in. I am pretty sure that searching for a
"conversions" web site will provide you with a solution. Why do you
need 2 to 4 PSI?
Eric

This mutant original poster (not you) doesn't do any research so when you
used that word it is out of his league.

--
Tekkie

 

[pfjw@aol.com]

https://jalopnik.com/science-confirms-that-bmw-and-prius-drivers-are-the-wor-1120783177

http://www.bmwblog.com/2015/10/20/why-are-bmw-drivers-hated-so-much/

http://theweek.com/articles/461073/not-imagination-bmw-drivers-are-biggest-jerks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lweAnuETK0M

http://www.bankrate.com/financing/cars/study-bmw-drivers-are-the-worst/

No shortage of supporting evidence.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

 

On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 08:29:33 -0800 (PST), "pfjw@aol.com"
<pfjw@aol.com> wrote:

https://jalopnik.com/science-confirms-that-bmw-and-prius-drivers-are-the-wor-1120783177

http://www.bmwblog.com/2015/10/20/why-are-bmw-drivers-hated-so-much/

http://theweek.com/articles/461073/not-imagination-bmw-drivers-are-biggest-jerks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lweAnuETK0M

http://www.bankrate.com/financing/cars/study-bmw-drivers-are-the-worst/

No shortage of supporting evidence.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

Where I live has the highest concentration versus population of Prius
cars in the USA. At least it did a while back. So even though
population density here is low I still see a lot of Prius models. And
boy do they tend to drive slow.
When they first came out a friend of mine bought one and he showed
me how you could use the display in real time to modify your driving
technique to attain the best fuel economy. So I took his car out for a
spin on some deserted back roads and had some fun getting the best
fuel economy. Part of that means accelerating slowly and driving
slowly.
I'm on an island and lots of drivers think they can drive as slow
as they want on 55 MPH roads because "This ain't the mainland, so slow
down". Prius drivers seem to have really taken this attitude to heart.
Lots of the time there will be a twenty or more car line going 40 MPH
on the highway with either a Prius or an old pickup in front. Lately I
have been seeing more of the former. GRRR.
Eric

 

On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:14:22 -0000 (UTC), Arthur Wood
<arthurwood@bimmerfest.com> 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.

Find a few hippies and buy them a couple ounces of marijuana. There will
be lots of smoke...... <LOL>

You cant rent smoke machines like bands use on stage, at a music store
or theatrical supplies place. PRobably wont cost all that much to rent
for a few hours....

 

[Adrian Caspersz]

On 18/12/17 16:29, pfjw@aol.com wrote:
> https://jalopnik.com/science-confirms-...

.... that the language of advertising bait exists and works.

--
Adrian C

 

[pfjw@aol.com]

I thought I would let this fester for a bit in the hopes that our multiple personality cretin might actually try something and, thereby, learn something. No such luck.

a) Anyone actually considered the essential idiocy of using a smoke machine to find a vacuum leak?
b) And, once past that hurdle, running the same in a partially enclosed space for 30 minutes?
c) And once past that second hurdle, actually determining anything useful?

Anyone who has ever worked in or watched from the side-lines in a professional shop, or listened to Car Talk, Car Pro or any of several similar options knows how to find a vacuum leak, quickly, accurately and with a minimum of mess.

All it takes is a propane torch, a soft rubber hose, and a narrow metal nozzle.

Connect the hose to the torch nozzle such that the propane is directed into the hose.
Put a small metal tube at the end of the rubber hose to direct the propane into a small area.
Turn the torch on low (don't light it, of course). Run the nozzle all over the various potential locations while the vehicle is running.
The engine will rev when it sucks the propane into the vacuum leak.
Mark with keel, turn off torch.
Done.

And, one is not releasing sufficient propane as to worry about fire or explosions, using a tool probably right at hand.

Guys and gals, this is pretty basic automotive diagnostics. Why re-invent the wheel using some claptrap kludge of dubious utility?

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

 

>"I thought I would let this fester for a bit..."

Sounds like my method but with propane. One note though, sometimes the idle control is so good it will not rev up. That is why I disconnect the IAC. Sets a code but gives a more conclusive indication.

 

And the smoke can damage the catalytic convertor. His money, and not like a $46 one either. High performance foreign catalytic convertors are expensive.

 

[pfjw@aol.com]

On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 7:01:47 PM UTC-5, jurb...@gmail.com wrote:
> And the smoke can damage the catalytic convertor. His money, and not like a $46 one either. High performance foreign catalytic convertors are expensive.

Anything that keeps it off the road is good. But, what are the odds that there is nothing but a bit of pipe where the converter should be?

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA