Boost gauge concern
#1
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Genoa, Illinois
Posts: 4,013
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Boost gauge concern
First off do I have 2 MAP sensors? I see what looks like 2 behind the fuel rails, but are they for the same purpose?
Anyway, my boost gauge kinda fluxes about a bit when driving along normally and sometimes at idle. I noticed with my setup back at Bfest the gauge was barly getting to 10psi, but the Autotapped showed a true 12.7psi, so the gauge is being a little funny. Now with my current setup I'm pegging that sucker like hell, but its still eratic. What could be causing this? What lines feed the gauge and what/where are the related sensors?
This is nothing major, but the gauge is a poorly designed OEM baseline of measurement and I still have no real clue unless I have it Autotapped again.
BTW: No loss of power, surges, or anything strange show up in Autotaps or Scantools...so nothing is mechanically damaged as far as I know.
Anyway, my boost gauge kinda fluxes about a bit when driving along normally and sometimes at idle. I noticed with my setup back at Bfest the gauge was barly getting to 10psi, but the Autotapped showed a true 12.7psi, so the gauge is being a little funny. Now with my current setup I'm pegging that sucker like hell, but its still eratic. What could be causing this? What lines feed the gauge and what/where are the related sensors?
This is nothing major, but the gauge is a poorly designed OEM baseline of measurement and I still have no real clue unless I have it Autotapped again.
BTW: No loss of power, surges, or anything strange show up in Autotaps or Scantools...so nothing is mechanically damaged as far as I know.
#2
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Purgatory
Posts: 6,313
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
One of the map sensors is for the gauge and one for the pcm. The gauge draws its vacum from under the nose cone I belive. You may have a crack in one of the vacum lines?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Toddster
Trouble shooting + Test Procedures
0
03-21-2009 06:24 PM