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by **Gary** » Sat 17.03.2007, 16:22

Is showing half boost even on tickover, and when the turbo actually does kick in, it goes off the scale.

I presume that it is the gauge and not the turbo itself. Dodgy earth ??

Any pointers what to try?

by **Doug** » Sat 17.03.2007, 16:36

tighten the black ground wire at the gauge transducer under the bonnet = fixed

:-D

by **Gary** » Sat 17.03.2007, 18:16

Doug wrote:tighten the black ground wire at the gauge transducer under the bonnet

Where ? What ? :shock:

by **sideburn Kid** » Sat 17.03.2007, 18:38

its probably because it doesn't get used very often mate :lol:

by **Paul.P** » Sat 17.03.2007, 19:16

Orange transducer UNDER THE BONNET !, drivers side wing, there's an earth wire, try cleaning & tightening it ?

by **Dave Eds** » Sat 17.03.2007, 19:21

Gary wrote:
Doug wrote:tighten the black ground wire at the gauge transducer under the bonnet

Where ? What ?

Gary - had this myself and remedy is exactly as others have stated!

by **Paul.P** » Sat 17.03.2007, 19:23

Must have a loose wire, cause we certainly didn't get any boost on way to Dony, never went over 70mph !

by **Gary** » Sat 17.03.2007, 19:30

Ok thanks lads - will have a look tomorrow

by **Dave Eds** » Sat 17.03.2007, 19:51

Gary wrote:Ok thanks lads - will have a look tomorrow

Gary - the screws (that hold the earth lead) go into those nut things with the rubber around them that squash up as you tighten. Mine just kept spinning but wouldn't tighten. Gerald put a new one in the post for me - he keeps a stock!

by **Gary** » Sun 18.03.2007, 18:06

Had a fiddle with this today, but didn't take the car out to test due to the snow...

by **sideburn Kid** » Sun 18.03.2007, 18:33

snow whats thats look like, i think there may have been a little rain, you can drive them in the rain mate :lol:

by **Paul.P** » Sun 18.03.2007, 20:08

Gary wrote:Had a fiddle with this today, but didn't take the car out to test due to the snow...

Snow !, what snow ?, you moved house overnight ?, don't make me laugh :-D

by **Gary** » Fri 23.03.2007, 18:54

It has stopped snowing now, so took it for a run.

Gauge now sits at 1/4 and goes up to 3/4 which is still not quite right, but better than it was.

by **Paul.P** » Fri 23.03.2007, 19:01

Are we talking about the turbo gauge here ?, cause it should sit at zero till you hit boost ( obviously ! ), should of got me to have a look mate !

by **Gary** » Fri 23.03.2007, 19:10

You can do it when you do the headlight if you like :wink:

by **Paul.P** » Fri 23.03.2007, 19:22

Gary wrote:You can do it when you do the headlight if you like

& i'll do that for free :lol:

, so don't forget the £15 you owe me then mate after breaking my tool :shock:

by **Monty** » Fri 23.03.2007, 20:04

Paul.P wrote: after breaking my tool

Gary u been playing with Mr P`s Tool again :shock:

thought that was Dico`s job :-D

by **Gary** » Fri 23.03.2007, 22:14

Broke it himself I went nowhere near it.

Had to lend him mine though

by **Benmac** » Sat 24.03.2007, 20:17

Mine did the same after I took the transducer off to clean it all up. My post is a little below this one on the list now. Mine was still a little 'off' when I fixed it so I took it all apart again and really cleaned the connectors up (especially the earth) with duraglit and the dremeland replaced the fixings with nice shiny new ones and really tightened it up on putting it back. Absolutely spot on now.

by **Paul.P** » Sat 24.03.2007, 20:52

I applaud you Ben, if only Gary was that handy

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