AutoLine Pro EVAP High Volume Smoke Machine Leak Tester – Shop Series - Automotive Smoke Tester for Vacuum Leak Detection - Car Smoke Machine with Ceramic Smoke Coil and Best Ranked Smoke Fluid

First of all this thing works great. 2nd. The company is pretty stand up. So... don't mess with the wick at all !!! The copper lines are pretty fragile. One on my lines broke at the base and didn't work. I messaged the company and sent a Pic of the broken part and the sent me a replacement part with instructions and a extra bottle of fluid. Can't ask for more than that.

used this to find multiple evap leaks on toyotas.loved using it every time.very well built and durable

It works for me.

I had a leaking valve cover on my Tundra. Confirmed the leak. Thought I fixed it but testing with smoke showed I had moved the gasket out of its groove in one spot. Fixed that, tested again and no smoke. Without the smoke tester I would have finished assembly, cleaned up the oil from the original leak, and not discovered the new leak until days later when I see a new oil spot under the truck. LOVE this tool!My Porsche 996 was throwing a P0102 code which could be a MAF or could be a vacuum leak. n the past I would have run it and sprayed starter fluid near all vacuum hoses looking for engine to speed up showing a leak in that area. Smoke test was sooo much easier and more reliable. No smoke so ordered a MAF.From now on any time I do a major repair I will smoke test periodically before its a 2 hour rewind to fix a leak. I like built in pressure regulator which allows you to pressure test crankcase + intake under gentle but enough pressure. I used shop gloves with cut off finger tip to make airtight seals around throttle body and oil fill when needed.4 stars because the heating element was "open circuit" out of the box. I had to move it around to get a bad connection to make after which it started working as expected.

I should have bought this a long time ago! This smoke tester works great and puts out a nice thick smoke. Worked great to find a vacuum leak. Super easy setup and designed well. Buy it!

Today is July 14, 2024, and I purchased this smoke machine back in Nov of 2022. I am not a mechanic but like to save money and save other people money as well. I've only used this smoke machine on three cars but smoked two of those cars twice and the other car once. So technically I've used the smoke machine only five times. Now where I live the local mechanics charge $99 to smoke test an EVAP system each time. So, I've saved myself, family and my neighbors some money.As for the Autoline Pro Shop Series Smoke Machine itself, it has worked well, but not great for only five (5) times being used. It comes with a really good common-sense instruction manual and a replacement heating element or wick. However, my 1st wick only lasted three (3) uses before burning in half. I installed the replacement wick and per the instruction manual I pre-soaked the wick thoroughly with a turkey baster and even left the wick soaking in smoke fluid for several minutes before using. But it burnt in half before I could find the leak in my EVAP system.I did a little research online and found people suggesting to us wire out of a bread toaster to make a smoke machine heating element, apparently heating element wire is made from Nichrome wire for repeated heating cycles without burning up or apart. Since I needed to fix my car that day, off to the kitchen for the toaster. What I found was the toaster uses a type of flat wire while the Autoline Pro uses a round thin wire for its heating wire.I pulled the flat toaster wire out, ran it through part of the wick and crimped it to the factory connections then I gave it a try. Voila! Worked like a charm! Plenty of smoke and no problems. My bread toaster was a two-slice toaster which had four panels with the Nichrome flat wire running through it. I only used a small 3-inch piece of the toaster wire and still have plenty left over if needed again.Now the Autoline Pro in the Amazon ad states it has a 1-year warranty, but the manual states a 3-year warranty. The Amazon ad also states "lifetime guarantee" so I contacted Autoline, and they were really great to deal with. Autoline told me that the heating element or wick has a lifetime warranty and they sent me out a replacement wick free of charge. They also sent me a free bottle of smoke fluid.Knowing that in a pinch I can make my own heating element out of toaster wire and that Autoline stands behind their products, I highly recommend Autoline to anyone who wants to save some money and do repairs yourself. I'm even looking at Autolines smoke machine Plus that produces its own air. No more need for an external air compressor.

Smoke machine.

Works as advertised. I recommend buying the additional liquid smoke If you're going to be using it a lot. I would also buy the accessories like the plugs and adapters.