Re: Virtue of flourescent dyes in finding leaks

Ahmad Rahmati (ahmad@aban.ysc.ac.ir)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:18:21 +0430 (IRST)

I haven't ever come across these great things but any peace of
normal glass (or glass spectacles) will work (as long as they are made of
glass and not plastic etc.

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, J.P. Griffin wrote:

> Hell yeah Steve, those tracer dyes rock. I've used them for everything from
> mysterious ac leaks to slow coolant losses. So far I've encountered three
> different blends for various fluids: Don't for get to use those uv absorbing
> spectacles though.
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> Steve Leung wrote:
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> > I've been loosing power steering fluid in the 85 XN6 wagon. I have a 6
> > pack of this flourescent dye I bought a month ago, put a few drops in the
> > reservoir, drove a bit to mix and looked under with a 6" flourescent
> > black light and found the source of the leak immediately which stood out
> > like a sore thumb. It is coming from the seal on the steering damper.
> > I'm going to try to soak the seal externally with brake fluid and see it
> > it will swell to stop the leak. If not I'll have to replace it with the
> > spares I have stocked away. Great stuff! I'm sold.
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> > Steve
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