Boost gauge issues
 

Here's the deal....i was putting my Autometer boost gauge in my GSR yesterday afternoon and as i did, one of the long screws on the back pushed into the inside of the gauge and knocked the little plastic piece off. The plastic piece connects the outer coil of metal to the piece that reads the pressure. My question is.....


Can i cut the very back off the gauge or cut a bigger hole in it in order to put this little piece back on, or do boost gauges need to be sealed and pressurized in order to work properly?? If i cut it, it will be just a slightly bigger hole so that i can get a pliers in to drop that piece in place......What can i do???

Re: Boost gauge issues
 

id say go for it if it doesnt work. As far as i know the pressure is internal. give it a shot and hit us up with how it went.

Re: Boost gauge issues
 

I'll tell ya right now the autometer boost gauges are junk. I have one hooked up in my hatch, and when my vafc reads off the map sensor and tells me i'm at 12psi, the boost guage says i'm making around 16psi.

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good luck getting the little pin back in lol... its next to impossible we tried it before u can get it back in but if u bend the arms in the slightest it will be WAY outta wack afterword and never work right.

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well i'm going to try......i'm not really going to care what it reads as long as it reads consistantly....i'm just using the gauge so that i don't have boost spiking and boost leaks.....

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i ghettofabbed the ---- out of it and measured vaccuum with a vaccuum gauge and the boost guage was dead on after i ripped it apart....i think i ghetto fabulous write up is in order... O0

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since when is autometer a bad?

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^agreed, last time i checked autometer is one of the best. used in all sorts of motorsports events. Sounds like operator error. Ever think that you might have a bad vacume source or a leak. So far ive had mine for about 3months and no probs.