Boost gauge probs (Cooper S)

Boost gauge probs (Cooper S)

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Cooper_si

Original Poster:

8 posts

234 months

Sunday 17th April 2005
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Recentley fitted a boost gauge to my MCS, ive tapped a feed from the Fuel pressure reg as always and routed it through to the car...yet on wide open throttle im getting only 5psi boost ! Also when i turn the car engine off the needle sticks at 10psi vacuum and if i remove the vac line from the unit, it drops to the desired +/-0...i refit the pipe, start engine and then back off, the gauge sticks again! grrrrr...he he nah im not that stressed, would just like it to work properly !
Any info would be really grateful...ive never had any probs before as i used to have this gauge on my polo g40 running 20psi !

GreenV8S

30,416 posts

290 months

Sunday 17th April 2005
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Check the routing of the vac line, sounds like it is squashed or kinked somewhere.

Cooper_si

Original Poster:

8 posts

234 months

Sunday 17th April 2005
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faulty gauge ! bugger....now pulling 10psi which is more like what i wanted for a stock MCS with a BMP filter !