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justin911

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justin911

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hey ppls

i've got a autometer boost gauge.. its been working alrite for the past 9 months or so.. anyways

so today i was mounting it into a pod thingy... and i noticed when i turn the car off instead of it sitting at 0 psi... it now sits on 3psi...

Its functioning correctly and show me the right amount of boost etc its just when its turned off it seems to now sit on 3 instead of 0...

also previously when i turned the car off it would take like 1 sec to get from say negative boost to 0psi.. but now when i turn it off it takes a few seconds to slowly more upto to 3psi...

I dont wana get a new gauge cause like i said its fine when the car is switched and driving so its performing its purpose.. just when the car is off it seems incorrect :domokun:

anyone have any ideas on what it could be.. i've taken the boost line out of it and it still seems to sit on 3 psi...

thanks ppls >_<

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So youve unhooked it and it still reads 3 psi?

clearly its faulty. or somehow the needle has rotated on it? but you say that it still reads relatively close to what it should be while driving. so i doubt thats it.

most mechanical boost gauges are a bordon tube arrangement.

once they become stressed (isn't hard to do) or old, they become inacurate and don't return to zero.

get rid of it.

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