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MG TD TF 1500 - Black light shows

I turned off the lights in the garage and turned on a flash light that is a BLACK LIGHT.

I had put some UV leak detector in the engine oil.
Ran engine in place for about 15 min. Did not drive on the road yet.

Had a few small drips on the floor on a fresh rebuild.
900 miles on her.

Well I could see a couple bolts I need to hit, but also saw the UV on the trans and rear end. And the axle ends where I had taken the backing plates off when installing new half shafts. They glowed also.

I can see that the front seal on the rear end is leaking.
This really stands out. so I know the next part I will be getting.

Does yours glow also?

M Grogan

the way mine leaks I would need sunglasses against the glow :-)
rgds Mike
Mike Fritsch

The only reason that there should be glowing at these other places is because of the leakage from your engine.
Hard to see how the UV-fluor would have splattered to those places if the car hadn't been driven. Take a look at your differential fluid and see if it has some sort of UV-fluor in it. Bud
Bud Krueger

I have not driven the car since adding the UV into the motor oil.
The gear oil I use must have it in. Have not looked at the product label yet.



M Grogan

Shine your UV lamp into the container and see if it glows. Bud
Bud Krueger

Yep... it glows. Looking into the 2 gal. container of gear oil.
the good news is not much leaking on the engine.


M Grogan

This thread was discussed on 07/01/2017

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