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Old 07-15-2008, 03:57 PM
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I need to get my hands on one quick. SFR is not selling them pending a contract agreement they have. If there's someone locally who has one I can borrow or buy that would help out greatly.

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Old 07-15-2008, 04:42 PM
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Old 07-15-2008, 05:23 PM
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Ya, that would help.
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They make your engine smell like an ashtray (no joke) and they blow little bits of ashes into the intake. Having said that, they will find every last leak -- no question about it.
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That is why you have to used filtered cigarettes.


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Originally Posted by TurboTim
That is why you have to used filtered cigarettes.


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Read the box -- filters do not make cigarettes safer.
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Originally Posted by TurboTim
That is why you have to used filtered cigarettes.


Tim
I really dislike cigarettes, and my friends always do a double take when they see the pack of Camels in my tool box.

I don't think they believe me, when i tell them they are for finding vacuum leaks.

Its fun to offer them to people, since the pack is about 3 years old.

HACK !
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I have one and love it, it works VERY well. As a non-smoker, I wouldn't mind finding a different source of smoke, but I have not experienced any lingering odors from using the device.

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Originally Posted by sh944
I have one and love it, it works VERY well. As a non-smoker, I wouldn't mind finding a different source of smoke, but I have not experienced any lingering odors from using the device.

Regards,
I didn't mean to be critical in my post -- notice I didn't offer to sell it. I pulled my intake a few weeks after using it, and it did smell like a cigarette, but it goes away soon enough. As a means of finding leaks, nothing comes close.
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So, where can the smokenator be buyed online ?
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Thats the problem, you can't buy them anymore. SFR used to make and sell them but they have sold the rights to another manufacturer so they cant sell them anymore. The new folks haven't started producing them yet. Six months, maybe. I need one pretty quick.
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Originally Posted by daigo
Thats the problem, you can't buy them anymore. SFR used to make and sell them but they have sold the rights to another manufacturer so they cant sell them anymore. The new folks haven't started producing them yet. Six months, maybe. I need one pretty quick.
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Originally Posted by TurboTim
That is why you have to used filtered cigarettes.


Tim
Tim, we know your favorite smoke doesn't have filters...LOL



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