Funny boost gauge reading

[ASmitty]

Boost Gauge

This may or may not apply to you due to the type of guage you are using. But with nexus gauges, if you wire it so power comes from a source that is interrupted during ignition, i.e you turning the key to start the car, past acc etc. the guage zeroes itself out at the wrong point, and gives you crap readings. I'm not sure if those guages work the same way. Basically it sees the "zeroized" point differently due to the power interruption when it reads, it may think its at "0" when the needle is pointing to -13. Might not apply to you, but it could be something to check.

 

[Turbojuice]

It's a mechanical gauge so it shouldnt be a problem for me... and yes what I did had no affect on the boost. Coult it be a leaking bpv?

I know I am boosting because at high boost, I hear the turkey of the stock bpv when I let off the throttle. Wtf is going on?

 

[Wagonbacker9]

could be a bad gauge... could be a bad WG or WGA... hard to say.

 

[Outlawstar98]

take a pic where u T'd in at? might be a place where it doesnt go into boost.

 

[powderider87]

That tubing that that gauge comes with kinda sucks, when i got mine it was like a slinky, the first time i routed it it tried to coil up and got kinked. I had to go back and get a new line. Put it in super hot water and stretch it out over the work bench for the night just so it was somewhat straight. i'd check that line and make sure it didnt kink up on you somewhere when you were routing it.

 

[Turbojuice]

If it was kinked somewhere, would it still read the vacuum? I'm really hoping its not the wg or wga. So ur pretty sure its not the bpv?

I sent some emails to AutoMeter... Maybe they will exchange it...?

 

[Turbojuice]

it's the gauge. I hooked an air compressor up to it and it read 0psi with quite a bit of pressure. Thank God

 

[orng1]

Well there goes everyones guess.