Smoke generating apparatus for in situ exhaust leak detection

Details Smoke generating apparatus for in situ exhaust leak detection Smoke generating apparatus for in situ exhaust leak detection

1997-01-16

1998-05-19

Brock, Michael

Measuring and testing

With fluid pressure

Leakage

73 497, 73 46, G01M 320, B01F 302

Patent

active

057538000

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for in situ testing an exhaust system of a conventional internal combustion engine safely, via electrical heater, generating smoke from a smoke-generating fluid contained within a chamber, and then communicating such smoke through the tailpipe components comprising conventional exhaust systems such as tailpipes, clamps, gaskets, hangers, welds, and flanges. By observing smoke emanating from any of the plurality of pipes and associated connections in an exhaust system, any and all leaks therein may be identified and precisely located. The apparatus includes a tapered preferably frustoconically-shaped play which is sealably received into the tailpipe of a vehicle being tested for exhaust leaks.

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