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  1. 21st April 2013, 07:34 PM #1
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    Monitoring engine?

    how do you guys monitor yours? scangauge? not sure if the nanocom works on pumas?

    or have you fitted external gauges? (auto meter,defi and such)

    I dont really do hardcore 4x4 (if any) nor do I tow anything right now but I suppose later down the road it would be good to have something to monitor the engine with... was thinking either a scangauge or just get a set of defi gauges or something..

    What stuff should I monitor anyway? obviously oil/water temp atleast? boost? exhaust temp?
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  2. 21st April 2013, 07:57 PM #2
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    The Nanocom Evo has instrument mode for the Puma
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    Nanocom & puma

    The nanocom evo will not work in instrument mode on a 2.2 litre puma. I have had one for 12 months and has been back twice to no avail. It will not work in the instrument mode. They have offered me a full refund but I will wait for an update if they ever do it ,although they have yet to admit that it doesn't work on the 2.2 litre.
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  4. 21st April 2013, 08:38 PM #4
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    Hmm... So guessing at this stage only scangage/external gauges may be the go for me.

    Or the nanocom if they update..
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    For every day use I have an Ultragauge fitted. I used to use the scangauge but the Ultragauge allows you to monitor the MAF airflow as well as giving you the option to set a multitude of alarms and it is smaller in bulk compared to the scangauge.





    Very reasonably priced as well:

    UltraGauge Automotive Information Center and OBDII Scan Tool

    HTH Brian.
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    Looks really good. Good price too! Will most likely end up going with that then. It's got just about everything I'd want to monitor too. Thank you
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  7. 24th April 2013, 08:08 AM #7
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    Is the ultra-gauge easy to fit?
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    Yes, just like the scangauge it just plugs into the OBDII socket. It only works on Pumas and not TD5's etc.



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  9. 24th April 2013, 01:05 PM #9
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    So what are you monitoring with your ultragauge that is really critical?

    (Sorry I'm only asking this as I am new to pumas. My son drives a 300tdi and he monitors egt, coolant temp, turbo boost... and he has a coolant alarm...)
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  10. 24th April 2013, 01:25 PM #10
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    As per the link to the web site, the gauge is capable of monitoring 75 odd different aspects. A lot is just the different scales (Celsius vs Fahrenheit), but its able to check temperatures and pressures in a number of locations in the engine as well as monitor the electronic management system.

    MAF, coolant temperatures ,boost etc can be set as max/ min ranges with audible or visual alarms if needed. It also reads fault codes etc.

    All in all $100 AUD well spent...

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