As it is with most shapon tools, the cost of them often isn’t recouped. I am not seeing paying full price work out in the positive for the money this tool can generate. The cheap one though, that’s a better idea
@@AskTheCarExperts sure they are quality. But the price is so inflated it’s incredible that people buy there stuff. At least stuff that is not exclusive to them. When I buy tools I asses if this tool will make a positive amount of money in a reasonable amount of time. If the answer is no, then why buy it?
Trick for reflective material put duct tape on it. Good video thanks. Reflective materials do not have accurate measurements. They read temp of objects reflected off them.
Again you have provided advanced technology in researching car abnormalities for car owners. Most of all you provided two different devices that considered cost for the car owners/purchasers. Thanks for your dedication to educating us car owners in solving and selecting the proper devices to help correct car problems.
Hi Randy, The tire air leak was done very close of about 2 feet away and the rim heat dissipation was about 6 to 8 feet away. I am sure you can see the heat pattern at 30 feet but it might not be as dialed in.
I have a nice thermal imager from matco that's pretty handy. However the wheel scenario and the signature that youre getting is probably due to the reflectivity in the shiny surface. It's kind of cool because you can point your imager at a sheet of steel infront of you and your camera and get a heat signature of you standing in front of it!
Very interesting, but one very important note regarding the rim (or general) to consider. You have NOT seen the heat of the rim here, but actually thermal reflections. Some materials behave like reflectors in this light spectrum, also glass is a good example for this - it's not transparent in that domain. As someone else mentioned in the comments already, in best case cover important parts with tape or whatever - important is to use the same material. Else you'll get different values for same temperature of different materials. Again regarding rims, colored white or black would better radiate heat away than reflective.
I think it may help in some cases but an air leak can be very small and it is sucking air I'm so I don't think it would work too well. Best to use a smoke machine for an air leak diagnosis.
@@AskTheCarExperts Ahh yes, I was just very curious if I can bypass a smoke machine cause that would be an incredible new way of detecting vacuum leaks! Thanks for the reply. I shall still give it a try on my w124. Just got the flir one pro to test
What if an exhaust manifold gasket is blown at the head would that imager be able to show heat leaking away from the manifold with the engine running? That's my big question before I buy one of these is at exhaust leaks can you see the heat flowing away from the connections?
Absolutely! Have already run into it where I work. Make sure the wheel rim hub surface is not painted. The mating surface is where you need to be concerned.
@@AskTheCarExperts thank you. It looks like one of those tools that you don't absolutely need, but once you buy it you keep finding uses for it. That happened to me when I bought my first non-contact temperature gun. 2 weeks later my $37 tool made me $550. I install flooring and I worked at a house with a radiant heat floor. I needed to nail down tack strip around the perimeter of the rooms for the carpeting. It was a very slow process, but I could the center off every tube in the floor, probably within an eighth of an inch. The tubes were not a consistent distance from the wall and in many locations, the tubes we're directly below where I needed to drive nails. I was able to determine that the tubes were installed incorrectly. I went off the deep end a year ago and bought a fluke because I use the tools so often. No such thing as too many tools, right 😁
As it is with most shapon tools, the cost of them often isn’t recouped. I am not seeing paying full price work out in the positive for the money this tool can generate. The cheap one though, that’s a better idea
They are decent quality as well.
@@AskTheCarExperts sure they are quality. But the price is so inflated it’s incredible that people buy there stuff. At least stuff that is not exclusive to them. When I buy tools I asses if this tool will make a positive amount of money in a reasonable amount of time. If the answer is no, then why buy it?
The rim is red cause you’re outside and the wheel is reflective…
In some cases, that is true. Refective surfaces can show an incorrect reading such as chrome.
Trick for reflective material put duct tape on it. Good video thanks. Reflective materials do not have accurate measurements. They read temp of objects reflected off them.
Great trick!
Nice!!
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Wow very nice work
Thanks Manish, This is a great tool to have on hand.
Again you have provided advanced technology in researching car abnormalities for car owners. Most of all you provided two different devices that considered cost for the car owners/purchasers. Thanks for your dedication to educating us car owners in solving and selecting the proper devices to help correct car problems.
Thanks James! This was a fun video to make and having this tool is very valuable as a tech.
Just curious how it works at farther distances...10 to 30 feet.
Neato tool. 👍
Hi Randy, The tire air leak was done very close of about 2 feet away and the rim heat dissipation was about 6 to 8 feet away. I am sure you can see the heat pattern at 30 feet but it might not be as dialed in.
I have a nice thermal imager from matco that's pretty handy. However the wheel scenario and the signature that youre getting is probably due to the reflectivity in the shiny surface. It's kind of cool because you can point your imager at a sheet of steel infront of you and your camera and get a heat signature of you standing in front of it!
Very interesting, but one very important note regarding the rim (or general) to consider.
You have NOT seen the heat of the rim here, but actually thermal reflections. Some materials behave like reflectors in this light spectrum, also glass is a good example for this - it's not transparent in that domain.
As someone else mentioned in the comments already, in best case cover important parts with tape or whatever - important is to use the same material. Else you'll get different values for same temperature of different materials.
Again regarding rims, colored white or black would better radiate heat away than reflective.
Very very true! You can get a false reading from a thermal reflection. I have see it on Chrome trim for example. Great mote!
Do you think this can be used to detect vacuum leaks?
I think it may help in some cases but an air leak can be very small and it is sucking air I'm so I don't think it would work too well. Best to use a smoke machine for an air leak diagnosis.
@@AskTheCarExperts Ahh yes, I was just very curious if I can bypass a smoke machine cause that would be an incredible new way of detecting vacuum leaks! Thanks for the reply. I shall still give it a try on my w124. Just got the flir one pro to test
What if an exhaust manifold gasket is blown at the head would that imager be able to show heat leaking away from the manifold with the engine running? That's my big question before I buy one of these is at exhaust leaks can you see the heat flowing away from the connections?
It should be able to detect a change in temperature from the exhaust gases
Very cool how much info and ideas you shared. Thx!
These are great examples. I bet this tool could find a pulley misalignment too.
Hello, There are a lot of great uses for this tool. Great to have one on hand to help solve some odd problems.
Just a question about what you said that painted rims will end up with brake vibration , is it true ??
Absolutely! Have already run into it where I work. Make sure the wheel rim hub surface is not painted. The mating surface is where you need to be concerned.
This video is amazing.
Thanks bud! I love having one of these thermal imagers handy. They can really help diagnosis when used in the right setting.
@@AskTheCarExperts I love mine so I know what you mean lad.
Very valuable information,
Thank you
Hi SS Thank you!
Great job, thanks for selling me on getting a thermal image camera
Hi Curt, This is an amazing diagnosis tool. I have not regretted owning one 😀
Hehehe is really neat oooh
Hi Zoe, It is a fun tool to play with
Is there more than one Seek model than the one you used?
Hi Randy, There are 3 options for the seek camera. This is the less expensive one but it works great!
@@AskTheCarExperts thank you. It looks like one of those tools that you don't absolutely need, but once you buy it you keep finding uses for it.
That happened to me when I bought my first non-contact temperature gun. 2 weeks later my $37 tool made me $550. I install flooring and I worked at a house with a radiant heat floor. I needed to nail down tack strip around the perimeter of the rooms for the carpeting. It was a very slow process, but I could the center off every tube in the floor, probably within an eighth of an inch. The tubes were not a consistent distance from the wall and in many locations, the tubes we're directly below where I needed to drive nails.
I was able to determine that the tubes were installed incorrectly. I went off the deep end a year ago and bought a fluke because I use the tools so often.
No such thing as too many tools, right 😁
thanks for the tips!
Your welcome. Having a thermal imager is such an awesome tool.