Help with my Vac/Boost guage

[BlackEclipse62]

My Vac/Boost guage is only about a week old,but it seems that my needle has gotton lazy. Instead of sitting at the Zero mark it will sit at -5, and when I crank it up the vac is -5 further than what it is supposed to be. I have check the connections all of them are fine. When I first hooked it up it sat at 0 and has slowly settle down to -5. When I hit the gas it goes to -5 not zero like it is supposed to.What do ya'll suggest to do? thanks for the help.

 

[putinexim]

How far away is your tap from the intake manifold? If you start getting to far or your line from the T to your guage is really long it can mess up your readings.

Also do you have another guage that you can try? Maybe you just got a bad guage.

 

[BlackEclipse62]

My car not running says -5. I think maybe the spring in it must be weak or something. Everyday I go out side it just keeps going down. Like two days ago it sat at -2, but now it is a - 5, and I don't want to rely on a faulty guage for my boost reading when the turbo is installed. It works fine ,but everyday it has a lower starting point. Is it cheaper to get a new one or just get it recalibrated if you can do that? thanks
Andy

 

[BigRand]

My car not running says -5. I think maybe the spring in it must be weak or something. Everyday I go out side it just keeps going down. Like two days ago it sat at -2, but now it is a - 5, and I don't want to rely on a faulty guage for my boost reading when the turbo is installed. It works fine ,but everyday it has a lower starting point. Is it cheaper to get a new one or just get it recalibrated if you can do that? thanks
Andy

What kind of gauge do you have??

Ebay's selling some autometer gauges for as low as $45(phantom) $55(ultralight/carbonfiber) and prices go up.

 

[selmerguy]

i have a obx boost gauge and it did the same thing. i am replacing with an autometer carbon fiber.

 

[BlackEclipse62]

I have a Autometer Phantom series vac/boost. I bought it from No limit motorsports.com. Is the warranty on these guage a PITA to follow thru or is it just easier to buy a new one and hope that it dose not happen again. thanks
Andy

 

[GSGoinFast]

I have a Autometer Phantom series vac/boost. I bought it from No limit motorsports.com. Is the warranty on these guage a PITA to follow thru or is it just easier to buy a new one and hope that it dose not happen again. thanks
Andy

You mean Nolimitmotorsport.com??? no s on the end? thats where i get alot of my stuff too, i like them alot. call them up and ask them about it. how old is it?

 

[BlackEclipse62]

Sorry bout that I wasn't trying to dis them, I just said there name to prove that I didn't buy some POS from ebay or something, not trying to discourage anybody from buying anything from them. There a great company they have fast service, but my guage how been installed for about a week now but I got it about two weeks ago. I think I probably got a runt in the litter. Thnaks for ya'll help and GSGoing fast you have them pics of your downpipe yet? Thnaks for the help.
Andy

 

[GSGoinFast]

Sorry bout that I wasn't trying to dis them, I just said there name to prove that I didn't buy some POS from ebay or something, not trying to discourage anybody from buying anything from them. There a great company they have fast service, but my guage how been installed for about a week now but I got it about two weeks ago. I think I probably got a runt in the litter. Thnaks for ya'll help and GSGoing fast you have them pics of your downpipe yet? Thnaks for the help.
Andy

i didnt take it as you were saying they were bad, i was just commenting that i get stuff from them too and like it... as for the downpipe, check out the write up, they're in there. i finished the intercooler piping today, ill post pics later