[DML] Re: using starting fluid to find vacuum leaks?

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

Risks aside, I can tell you that this method did not work for me, 
when I tried it on my engine. And i know that I killed some vacuum 
leaks when I pulled the intake manifold, 'cause the motor doesn't 
whistle as much now.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Is this an OK idea?  I don't plan on hosing the engine down, but I 
> read elsewhere on the internet that it is one way to find vacuum 
> leaks.  I was planning on spraying near the gasketed areas and 
> listening for the engine speed to increase.  Then I read in the DML 
> archive that apparently starting fluid can destroy an engine?  
> 
> What's the deal?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Matt
> #1604








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