Looking for a pop tester

[Smokey Eddy]

Anyone near me have an injector pop tester? I'd like to see how mine are spraying.
I checked the tools by location thread only to come up empty handed (almost as if i went full retard - tropic thunder) and i would love to make my own but i do not have a welder!
Fantastic threads:
http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=2828.0
http://members.shawjavascript:void(0);.ca/vwdiesel/DIY_Inj_Tester/DIY_Injector_Tester.html - you'll have to copy and paste this one
cheers to Andrew for those!

Much like university i feel i don't have the proper hardware to get the job done so im asking out to you guys!
Vancouver & surrounding area.

[RadoTD]

I can weld!

wink wink, nudge nudge

[Smokey Eddy]

Yeah? shall we make one?!

[RadoTD]

Yeah! There's a bunch of people on here in the Vancouver area, so it should get some use!

Do they work with the AAZ or TDI 2 stage injectors though?

[Toby]

BC or WA?

[Smokey Eddy]

only the second stage of the AAZ injector obviously and not the TDI ones i don't think. The TDI's are multi stage?
Anyways, more than 1 so you would get each pop showing the pop pressure of each springs spring-rate.

[RadoTD]

BC or WA?

Vancouver, BC

Could be shipped though if you need to borrow it!

[R.O.R-2.0]

a few of us should just build some, then post up on the thread who has them. then everyone can use them..

i know theres a LOAD of people in oregon/washington with VWs that could use a pop tester im sure..

the VW diesel community may be very small, and very hidden, but it is alive and kicking!

[Toby]

I have an OTC injector tester and I am near Tacoma.

[Smokey Eddy]

GOOD ONE ANDREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[8v-of-fury]

I don't really like Pepsi or Coke...   

What a waste of FRIGGEN TIME! Dr. P is the only one you have to concern yourself with

[rabbitman]

I don't really like Pepsi or Coke...   

What a waste of FRIGGEN TIME! Dr. P is the only one you have to concern yourself with

Good ol' H2O for me anyday.........orange juice is good too......

[fatmobile]

I got on craigslist and found 3 injector testers.
 One was a bosch,.. the plastic resevoir was missing,.. and I think it had a bad o-ring.
 The resevoir on one of these cost $250 new so I found a properly threaded plug at NAPA and drilled it 1.8" NPT so I could put a Rabbit filter with the top cut off as a resevoir.

 Last time I used it, I couldn't figure out how to release pressure when done.


 A Kent-moore, which is nice compact and easily portable
 Nice thing about the kent-moore is the knob that reduces pulses on the gauge.
 It comes apart and is real easy to work on,.. replaced an o-ring

 the third tester was for gas injectors,.. and had a bad resevoir too.
 Got all three for $60,.. and a ride to the cities.



 Here's the one I built:



It doesn't have a valve that allows me to lock the pressure and wait for drips, like the other 2.
 It is more accurate for setting breaking pressures, but I usually test injectors with the kent-moore.

[Toby]

Any injector tester should have a check valve to hold pressure between strokes. It isn't much good if all it does is make the injectors squirt.

[fatmobile]

 That's not true.
 It works for checking or setting breaking pressure, and with the big gauge it's more accurate at that than the other 2.
,.. or check spray pattern.

 Just can't hold it at a steady 1200 to test for dripping