Aftermarket boost gauge

[Tdi Nico]

Has anyone fitted an aftermarket boost gauge to their ride? im after a bit of help as to what line people have used to run the mechanical type? any help anyone has would be greatly appreciated this forum has such good people to lend out their info to newbies like me:)

[redrovertdi]

buy a vdo 0-30 boost/psi guage on ebay, i plumbed mine into the turbo to intercooler pipe, others plumb into wastegate to injection pump line

[redrovertdi]

-I used to run ultracool coolant in my tdi[i know its not a v8] and it set rock hard in the radiator breather-expansion bottle hose and caused me similar dramas, as usual i looked to hard and missed the obvious and found that while i was replacing a good head gasket.

[redrovertdi]

-I used to run ultracool coolant in my tdi[i know its not a v8] and it set rock hard in the radiator breather-expansion bottle hose and caused me similar dramas, as usual i looked to hard and missed the obvious and found that while i was replacing a good head gasket.

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[zwitter]

I bought VDO 15 psi boost gauge on fleabay. Came with plastic tubing. Ran it to inlet manifold. Mine is 300TDi Defender and there is a blank threaded plug in the back close to the head. Bought an adapter 12mm x 1.5? To 1/8npt. I actually posted then thread details in another post on here when I did it about 4 months ago.

It works a treat. Maximum boost on mine is about 14.7psi so I get full scale.

James


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[rick130]

I bought VDO 15 psi boost gauge on fleabay. Came with plastic tubing. Ran it to inlet manifold. Mine is 300TDi Defender and there is a blank threaded plug in the back close to the head. Bought an adapter 12mm x 1.5? To 1/8npt. I actually posted then thread details in another post on here when I did it about 4 months ago.

It works a treat. Maximum boost on mine is about 14.7psi so I get full scale.

James


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I have the same gauge and stock it would read 15.5psi (taken from the boost compensator connection)

After upping the fuel it reads up to 16.5-17 psi going by how far off the scale it goes. :D

It's been doing that for seven years or so, and still works well.

[dullbird]

I brought a boost gauge from Aubrins in the states its a digital one...however I cant tell you how well it works because the dogs ate it..you see they love electricals :( bastards