Smoke test machine

[ComradeNick]

My car gets a lean code about once a month, before I replacing parts blindly does anyone have a recommendation for an affordable smoke test machine?

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[ZHPizza]

Spenser and I were able to do it with a simple pump for air mattresses. Cut a finger off of a nitrile glove, ran the tube into the finger w/ a rubber band to hold it, then stretched the glove over the intake elbow. Ideally you would put a cigar in the inlet of the pump, but we didn't have one handy so he pumped while I used my soldering gun to burn cardboard right in front of the inlet. It worked great!

[John in VA]

An E46 Fanatic offers them for ~$120 shipped. https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=883920

A Bimmerforum discussion mentioned a Chinese eBay model for $135: https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2390953-Smoke-machines-absurdly-cheap!&highlight=smoke+machine

[ComradeNick]

Looks like all the options are mineral oil burners, I'll probably go with the e46f guy if he responds. 2nd option is this paint can lol.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190623/7d0f0a001564eba1ff388efa01437ef8.jpg

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[Eugene]

this is the one I bought - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KB8BREO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1