adam38654

On the instructions it says that one of the powe wires needs to get power on ignition, but NOT cut off while the motor is turning over or it will uncalibrate the damn gauge. LIke how the cdplayer cuts off when you turn the key/ignitiono over. You need a power source that doesnt turn off for a second when u start the car.

B16CRXT

mine sits at 1psi when teh car is off. right back to 24in-hg at idle though. I'm gonna be buying a digital gauge soon enough.

jinxy

why would it uncalibrate the gauge. its tottaly mechanical. Ill just run it at 3 in vac. the maths not goign to kill me

mechsoldier

Newb to the rescue. Here's my write-up on how to fix it from vwvortex.com...

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

jinxy

------- sweet, thanks man.

WTF

nice.. thats the not electronic gauge right? cause mine reads 2psi vac all the time when sitting

jinxy

the wires going to it are just for the light and nothing else. its not an electronic gauge, its mechanical.

jinxy

maybe this should be added to the forced induction faq's

spongerlbc

I bought one off eBay that read 2 PSI of boost at equilibrium. Turbo project got totalled and everything was for sale. I contacted Autometer about the problem (as it was new in box) and they said it could be serviced by them and the only cost to me would be shipping to them. The vwvortex link looks like an easy fix tho.

B16CRXT

very nice link.