An old trick we used to use on motorcycle exhausts was to use stick incense
or a punk used for lighting fireworks. Light the punk or incense and then
slowly move it along the exhaust. When the ember on the end glows brighter
it is usually due to an exhaust leak at that point. I always marked mine
with chalk as I went.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Sally or Dick Taylor <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
To: Robert L. Gannon <trsix74@comcast.net>
Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Exhaust
> Robert---A portable Carbon Monoxide Meter, such as the kind for use in
> homes, will detect an exhaust leak. As you may know, they're small
> enough to get up close to the source, and have a digital readout. You'll
> have to use this outdoors, as running the engine in a garage will trip
> the meter, regardless.
>
> Short of that, if the exhaust is leaking from a connection, you might
> spot it by squirting a dishwashing liquid on it, and follow the bubbles.
>
> Hopefully, you don't have so much blowby that it is getting sucked back
> from the vacuum created at the rear of the car. How does your rear
> bumper look?
>
> Dick
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