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Offline ade_aidy_ady

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boost gauge......
« on: 20 June 2010, 22:08 »
should all boost gauges read 0 when unplugged ....?

if not can most of tehse be calibrated....?

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Offline northeast_gti-t

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Re: boost gauge......
« Reply #1 on: 20 June 2010, 22:27 »
in an ideal world yes they should although my newsouth one didn't for some reason nothing that was sorted after a little tweak  :wink:
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Offline ade_aidy_ady

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Re: boost gauge......
« Reply #2 on: 20 June 2010, 22:32 »
something like this....??? should this be sitting below 0....? have i bought a duff ???

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Offline northeast_gti-t

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Re: boost gauge......
« Reply #3 on: 20 June 2010, 22:36 »
yeah thats not reading correct and you'll have to look at tweaking it have a look at the back of the guage there maybe a small foil like piece thats stuck pull this up gently and see if you can see inside although on those gauges i'm not 100% certain you can adjust them so you may need a new guage
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