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Boost Leak Smoke Test DIY

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A boost (charge-pipe) leak causes underboost, lean codes, and a flat top-end, and the fastest way to find one is to pressurise the intake tract with the engine off and listen — a smoke test or a simple pressure test finds splits you'll never spot by eye. This is the DIY that ends a lot of underboost and lean-code guesswork