milesrobinson•15d agoProlific Poster

Shoutout to the old timer who told me to use a zip tie to find a vacuum leak on a 7.3 Powerstroke

I spent a whole afternoon spraying starter fluid around the engine bay with no luck, but his trick of holding a thin zip tie in the suspected leak path and feeling for the pull found the cracked boot in about 30 seconds, so what's the strangest tool you've ever used to fix a diesel?

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charles_barnes15d ago

That zip tie trick is a lifesaver. I've used a cigarette once to find a leak on an old Cummins.

rivera.simon15d ago

Nah, @charles_barnes, that smoke trick is way too risky.