Keith Browning Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I have always been a big fan of finding new uses for tools and chemicals or multitasking things. I have mentioned before that using UV dye in fuel system to find leaks is damn effective and works well on any engine. The technique requires adding a 3oz bottle of UV Leak Tracer dye for OIL BASED fluids directly into the fuel filter and running the engine long enough to mix and circulate the dye into the system. Access whatever part of the fuel system you want to inspect and shine your UV light onto the suspect components. Here is a 6.4L injector leaking near the top at the body nut. This is not the first one I have seen leaking here but this is the first one I have been able to photograph. I think this is neat so I thought I would share. I have another picture in the Gallery showing another 6.4L injector leaking at the inlet fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I gave the other pic a 5 star rating, quite an awesome pic. Like National Geographic photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 I posted an article on this today. http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/articles.html/_/dtsarticles/uv-dye-agnosis-r44 Feel free to read it as it expands on this topic as we have yet to mention the safety aspects of finding leaks on high pressure fuel systems. Also if there are any good points to add to the article that are not there please mention them and I will add them as needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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