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Old 09-17-2021, 06:53 PM   #19
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What I used to do when I wrenched at the motorcycle shop was:

Degrease very very well.
Spray with the aerosol canned baby powder.
Run Engine.

This worked about 70% of the time. The spray on powder would turn brown and you could identify the leak.
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