Re: leak detector dye

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:56:55 GMT, "Calab" <myspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
>"Ashton Crusher" <demi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>news:cqigv3pbbtudtoc4i98lu3kjoc5svurent@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>|I bought some UV leak detector dye to try and pin down an engine oil
>| leak.  I put double the amount of dye in the oil as instructions call
>| for because I'm just not finding anything that glows.  I am using a
>| "glow in the dark" florescent light as my UV light source.  I'm not
>| seeing much glow in the dark as far as finding the oil leaks.  I have
>| to get the light VERY close to see anything seemingly "glow' and it's
>| so close I can't really tell if it's glowing or if it's just the light
>| reflecting.
>|
>| Has anyone done this and is there some special type of UV light needed
>| that's different from my dime store UV florescent??
>
>Does your light make the dye in it's bottle glow? How about your
antifreeze? 
>My antifreeze is quite bright when I ****ne my UV light at it.
>

The stuff in the bottle glows when the light is close to it.  Didn't
try the antifreeze