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Old Oct 16, 2000 | 11:48 PM
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Just had boost gauge fitted.

***** about all over the place but basically peaks at 15psi and holds 13psi under hard acceleration. Shows -8 psi under no load.

This is for UK MY00.

Sound ok ???????????????????
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Old Oct 17, 2000 | 07:58 AM
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Sounds right for a UK MY00.

Mine holds at 13-14psi, 14 being a cold day.

Negative readings at idle/low load is normal as It runs a vacuum when not boosting .

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Old Oct 18, 2000 | 09:32 PM
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Yeh mine reads about 13.5 psi on full chat, dropping to -20 on idle. If your gauge is wanging about all over the place you need to throttle the supply to it. I used a hozelock greenhouse watering valve, which is a small yellow valve that you can throttle.

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Old Oct 19, 2000 | 08:04 PM
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Is there any chance of introducing an air/vacuum leak if you cut the pipe an insert a restriction ?
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