Using Engine Oil Dye properly

Every once in a while, we will get a call from a customer complaining that they have an engine or transmission oil leak and that our dye could not find it. They tell us that they poured the 1 ounce container into the vehicle, and nothing happened.

There is a reason for this. Quite often, if you put an ounce container into the fill tube, A LOT of the dye will be stuck to the sides of the tube! For best results, mix the dye into some oil and pour them in together. Since you have a leak, you need to put more oil in anyway!

Or you can pour the dye in, then follow up with some oil to wash the dye down. Then you will find the leak.