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Tue 26 Feb 2008 17:20
General - sniff test how much is the gear? - piston power
When testing if the head gasket has gone a garage sniffs the coolant what are those crystals?

Where do you get the kit from? all i have is a old pressure tester sykes pic which does not fit most modern car's.

Any idea of cost?

This is not for a ferrari i had to put some details in to get on!!!

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 26/02/2008 at 21:49

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Tue 26 Feb 2008 19:18
sniff test how much is the gear? - topbloke
partco used to sell them they used to supply the aa with a kit and the fluid not seen the crystalls that you descibe but its the same principle
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Tue 26 Feb 2008 19:39
sniff test how much is the gear? - Bill Black
Crystals? Kit? Removing the radiator cap and just sniffing the coolant for exhaust gasses always used to be the standard test for a leaky head gasket on any motor, or have I missed something here ?
Cheers, Bill
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Tue 26 Feb 2008 19:49
sniff test how much is the gear? - thomp1983
the op is refering to a kit you can buy which is held over the coolant tank and the liquid in it changes color if hydrocarbons are present, unfortunately ive never seen these kits for sale and assumed they were a trade only item

chris
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Tue 26 Feb 2008 22:10
sniff test how much is the gear? - piston power
So it's a liquid not crystals ok thats getting me somewhere, i can ask around at my local motor factors.

Im sure they will sell it, if i find a price i'll post it back..
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Tue 26 Feb 2008 22:20
sniff test how much is the gear? - Screwloose

Try a Snap-on van.
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Tue 26 Feb 2008 23:29
sniff test how much is the gear? - thomp1983
there we go, just took a bit of thinking what to search for, tinyurl.com/2spd4v

chris
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Wed 27 Feb 2008 20:18
sniff test how much is the gear? - piston power
Thanks thomp 1983, thats great & im sure a little cheaper than the snap on equivilant, cheers chris..
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Thu 28 Feb 2008 12:03
General - sniff test how much is the gear? - MW
Any decent MOT place could just stick the exhaust analyser in the coolant bottle and get a result or not. Likely to be very acccurate as the machine costs several thousand pounds, and take 4 mins.
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