Anyone using Digital Gauges (boost gauge)?

[empera]

i just bought a used digital boost gauge from nordskog*, and a new digital sender for it. hooked everything up and ran it for the first time today, it has highest boost and lowest...my highest was 20psi, i know for sure im not runnin 20psi, maybe 10-12...how can i fix this problem? wat could be causing the bad readings?

 

[shaeff]

any bad reading would be the sending unit, unless you have a short somewhere that is causing the setup to wig out...

-shaeff

 

[empera]

the sending unit is brandnew dun think it'll be faulty....could it be installed wrong? im pretty sure i did everythin correctly.

 

[empera]

also it says it only handles up to 16psi, but i've seen it go over 44....
wen i first start the car 50 flashes and wen idle it sits at 01 or jumps from 00 to 01....anyone???

 

[ToyoHabu]

Sounds like your getting noise in the signal, do you have right cable, may need shielded.

This brings up a point, not sure I like most digital gages. It takes to long to "read" the gage. If you look in aircraft even with modern "glass cockpits" the gauges are digital representations of analog gauges. that way you merely have to glance at the gauge to know if its in the green.

anyways G-luck

 

[empera]

could it be because i mount the thing on the brake cylinder "tubing" or "lines"??

 

[ToyoHabu]

What is mounted where exactly ? :icon_conf

 

[empera]

maybe this will explain betta.

 

[ToyoHabu]

I don’t know about the mount being a problem, I would check with manufacture with recommended cabling some of the stock senders use shielded cable.

 

[empera]

could removing the Cruise Control make a difference? because my old gauge started to act up wen i removed it. also which is the best vacuum line to use.