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• Pop tester additional uses by subsonic on 06 Feb, 2008 15:06
• Can the pop tester that we use for injectors also be used to check the function of the oil squirters if removed from a TD block?
• #1 by Vincent Waldon on 06 Feb, 2008 15:18
• Personally I wouldn't' with mine:
  
  - the 30 psi operating pressure would hardly show up on the gauge
  - it would contaminate the system with engine oil
• #2 by subsonic on 06 Feb, 2008 19:08
• What pressure do they squirt at?
• #3 by Vincent Waldon on 06 Feb, 2008 21:09
• Quote from: "libbybapa"

  I've done it.

  
  
  Livin' on the edge, eh ??!!!!
• #4 by bigblockchev on 06 Feb, 2008 22:18
• I'm thinking of trying to break loose a seized engine with one. Seems less crude and more controllable than  hammering  a block of wood on top of the piston. Comments anyone. Cheers Dan
• #5 by jtanguay on 07 Feb, 2008 05:12
• they should open at around 1.2 bar iirc
• #6 by moTthediesel on 08 Feb, 2008 04:33
• Quote from: "bigblockchev"

  I'm thinking of trying to break loose a seized engine with one. Seems less crude and more controllable than  hammering  a block of wood on top of the piston. Comments anyone. Cheers Dan

  
  
  You could, but I've always used a grease gun for that. Just weld a 1/8" pipe coupling to a glow plug body with the core removed and install a common zerk fitting. Fill the cylinder (make sure the valves are closed and it's not at BDC or TDC) with heavy oil and the start pumping in grease.
  
  It will move  :wink:
  
  moT