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Re: Leak-Down Testing

To: <shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net>, "R. John Lye" <rjl6n@virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: Leak-Down Testing
From: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 11:08:35 -0500
Thanks John;  when I build a tester for myself, I think I'll include
a provision to allow varying the orifice diameter unless I can find
out that there is some "standard".  Hmmmm, maybe I'll borrow a
"Snap-On" and measure the orifice.
'Preciate,
Tony

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> From: R. John Lye

> >I've seen a diagram, I see that the air supply pressure bleeds
> >through a small orifice on the way to the engine cylinder and that
> >the pressure of the "supply" is compared to the pressure of the
> >cylinder to arrive at the percent of leakdown but:  
> 
> Yup, that's about it.
> 
> >won't the orifice size affect the amount of air available to
"leak"?  
> 
> Sorta - if there's little to no leak, a larger orifice will just
> allow the system to stabilize faster.  If there's a big leak, a
> larger orifice will make it easier to hear where its coming from 
> <grin>.  What you need to keep in mind is that you're measuring
> pressures, not volumes of air.
> 
> >Is it just arbitrary?  
> 
> Its not arbitrary, but it is relative; that is, the pressure in
> the cylinder has some relation to the pressure in the supply
> side which is determined by the relative sizes of the orifice 
> in the tester and the size of the leak.


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