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Originally Posted by j123ic
Making smoke in your situation may be a little more complex than you think. Diagnosing leaks of this nature requires a special type of smoke that can be seen with ultra violet light. Smoke machines such as the OTC leak tamer can be expensive.
I will assume this is out of reach for you, so I would strongly suggest just removing the supercharger and inspecting the factory "orange" o-ring seals. It is very common for these to become damaged even on stock manifolds especially if you re-used the old ones.
If you want, you could even vacuum check the supercharger when it's out of the car. Block off all ports (runners, throttle body, nosedrive fittings) and hook up a simple handheld vacuum pump to see if it will hold vacuum.
Lastly, the most probable reason why your seeing this randomly is because of the dynamic loads being placed on the leak. If it was the intake gasket, the edge of the gasket can be folding over during accel or decal etc. and your not having any luck finding the leak because your testing is with the engine off. If I were you I would just get it over with and remove the supercharger and inspect the gaskets. At the very worse you'll waste 2 hours if you have help. Good luck
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Yep, I think this is the reality of the situation. Tomorrow I'll go pickup some more coolant to do the job. Thanks for all the input guys, it's been a rough ride trying to figure this one out.