borescope size? What fits in the glow plug hole?

serpa4

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Was looking at a 5.8 mm bore scope but someone said it was too big. Anyone know what size will fit through glow plug hole?
 

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I used I think it was a 3 mm borescope to look at my piston when it went.

I went through the injector hole.
 
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serpa4

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3mm, dam small and probably pretty $$$?
What's easiest to pull and look through, glow plug or injector?
 

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Glow plug is easier to pull, but the injector isn't much more work, especially on the passenger's side. I'm not exactly sure how much the borescope I used was. I borrowed it from work, but I'm sure it wasn't cheap. Here are the pics I took with it.

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I did some looking after seeing the name stamp in the pictures (I couldn't remember the brand of the scope before), and I believe the one I was using was the 3.9 mm Everest VIT VideoProbe XL PRO.
 

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There is an El Cheapo they sell on Ebay for $150, but it does not have good enough imaging. Pro-something?







Uh, WAIT! It works great, anyone wanna buy it? (my Ebay voice)
 

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I have a VOscope videostic, video screen bore scope. cant remember if it fits through the inj hole or not? Been too long. Its way to big for a GP hole though. Snap-On has a new video scope thats pretty small, not sure what exactly.
 

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Snap-on is 8.5 mm and Mac has one that is 7mm. 7mm is ok for injector hole IIRC. If your gonna spend a little coin try to find used medical ones that articulate and have a light source, not one of those crap one with mirrors to look back and to the sides.
 

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Snap-on is 8.5 mm and Mac has one that is 7mm. 7mm is ok for injector hole IIRC. If your gonna spend a little coin try to find used medical ones that articulate and have a light source, not one of those crap one with mirrors to look back and to the sides.
The one I used wasn't medical, but it was fully articulating. It had a little joystick control to move it electronically and a fiber optic light also. Worked really well for looking in the cylinder.
 

slv1388

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Hi!!! I'm a new user here and I'm looking for a simple borescope.

I've seen this boroscope and I want to know your opinion.
The boroscope is this: Boroscope - PCE-E 130

Sorry for my bad English, I'm French.

Thank you in advance for your help.
 

slv1388

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In the bottom of the page there a english flag but I think is other boroscope model.

Thanks