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Midknyte
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 01:29 pm: |
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...couldn't you just hit the throttle body with plain old compressed air? That's what it's getting when we ride... |
Froggy
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 01:40 pm: |
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The reason a gas like propane is recommended is that it will cause the RPMs to rise, making it clear you have a leak and it is sucking it in. If it is sucking in plain air, it won't change how the engine idles, so you wouldn't know for sure if it really has a leak or not. |
Midknyte
| Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 12:33 am: |
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Thanks. This is a succinct answer. I'd been searching and finding threads suggesting brake cleaner, etc. and that did not sound like a good way... |
Dwilson357
| Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 07:28 am: |
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Everything in moderation, If you plan putting a whole can a brake clean into your cylinders during this test I wouldn't recommend it, You can just spritz around what your checking though and that would be fine, again everything in moderation...and as long as you give it a small break(to clear out the break clean residual) of about a minute between successfully raising the RPM with the break clean you'll be alright. |
Bads1
| Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 06:41 pm: |
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wd 40 |
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