Is this boost gauge still usable?
 

hey guys,
I've got an autometer boost gauge. The only problem is that the needle is sitting at 1-1.5 psi not hooked up. When I actually install it, will it give an accurate reading or will it be reading 1-1.5 psi higher?

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It'll read that much higher than actual boost. Mine's the same way and is 1 psi off.

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Yea mine was like that and I recalibrated it myself and now it works perfect, i compared it to a known good guage and they were even ;D Let me know and i can give you the link i used to fix mine...or send it to me and I'll fix it for a few buck$ ;)

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post the link on how to fix them.

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Matt, stop hording all the good info!!

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Why yes, please do post it up

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Ha ha can a guy make a few bucks :P

I can't take credit someone else posted this a while back on here too but its pretty easy and it works

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2390627

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just did this. Took me about 10 minutes. Most of it was thinking that maybe i could just use a strap wrench to get the crimp ring off. Turns out I had to mess up the back side completely and pry it open like a can. The front side is still undamaged though. very easy to do.

On a side note, use a 9/16 for the nut on the back of the boost guage.

That white plastic piece. I just moved both sides outwards from the hole. now it reads 0 psi!

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heres how i fixed mine it was off by alot
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...idlam420/1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...idlam420/4.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...idlam420/2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...idlam420/3.jpg

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Be carefull not to just bend the copper tube, thats why you need to disconnect the little plastic piece...if you mess up the tube it will read 0 but you may not get an accurate reading...you can test them with an air compressor to just turn it down to like 10psi and shoot some air into the guage