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Autometer Boost Gauge install
Ok i got a dilema!!
I followed a bunch of instructions on the web to install my boost gauge to replace the factory one that doesnt work. The nylon hose is hooked up to a vaccum hose under the snout but i get nothing on my gauge. 2002 GTP 3800 Series 2 Supercharged I was told i was supposed to T into a line near the throttle body |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
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yes you will need to T it into the line. I can take a pic of mine this afternoon and email it to you |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
Yeah if you could give me a picture of where the nylon hose is supposed to
go i would greatly appreciate it |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
I guess you can follow the line from the fuel pressure regulator to the throttle body. That would be the right place.
Oscar.
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1995 Lincoln Town Car 4.6 Signature 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 3.8 2000 Ford Windstar SE 3.8 |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
Im sorry im really engine retarded lol
I cant seem to find a schimatic or diagram of the 3800 Series 2 SC engine :S So i dont know where to begin |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
There is a vacuum line under the supercharger snout that T's. You need to tap into this line. One side geas to the MAP, other side goes to the Fuel pressure regulator and the Boost sensor.
If your factory boost guage isn't working, and your new guage isn't working, are you sure you have Boost?
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-2000 Grand Prix GTP 170,000mi (daily driver) -2000 Olds Alero 100,000mi (soon to be DD with gas at $3.45/gal) -1997 Chev K1500 4x4 115,000mi (Natalie's truck [nans_grandprix]) AF "2.0" Community Guidelines Conservative Victory 2012!!! "I'll Keep my Guns, Freedom, and Money. You can Keep the Change!" ----->>>>> Did You Know? <<<<<----- |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
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you will see a black vacuum line right under the sc snout. follow it to the back of the engine and T into it there. The line is right above the valve cover...you can see mine in the picture |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
So its located on the right spot just more towards the back of the engine.
ill give it a shot tomorrow when im off work |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
Alright through my endevours this is what i come up with,
i more or less put it in the same spot as you but nothing has changed, its the same as always with nothing happening |
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Re: Autometer Boost Gauge install
Just to make sure, is the gauge working?
Anything happens when you suck (creating vacuum) on the hose? Maybe you got a bad one? Oscar.
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1995 Lincoln Town Car 4.6 Signature 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 3.8 2000 Ford Windstar SE 3.8 |
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I dont think it is a bad gauge, i doubt a person back blow
hard enough to get a reading but my friend blew as hard as he could and you do see the needle go almost to 1 psi also my gauge just reads 0-35 psi it doesnt read vaccum |
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Ok, so are you sure your supercharger is boosting?
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-2000 Grand Prix GTP 170,000mi (daily driver) -2000 Olds Alero 100,000mi (soon to be DD with gas at $3.45/gal) -1997 Chev K1500 4x4 115,000mi (Natalie's truck [nans_grandprix]) AF "2.0" Community Guidelines Conservative Victory 2012!!! "I'll Keep my Guns, Freedom, and Money. You can Keep the Change!" ----->>>>> Did You Know? <<<<<----- |
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