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"Tim.." wrote in message
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Boost gauge and tweak of the wastegate rod on the Terrano yesterday;
height of excitment i know.

Chip or remap coming up shortly....

Tim..


I fancy doing a bit of that on the Xantia, seeing as how it's had a stay
of execution due to wifey's eyes..... but I've no idea how a boost gauge
attaches, or what sort of boost gauge to buy. Fuelling and wastegate I
can do ok. I have no idea about this diesel malarky.


Find one of the thin boost pressure lines, such as that off of the brake
servo (although some people take it from other places) and put a T-piece
in it (available from Halfords as things for windscreen washer jets), then
plug the boost gauge into that, and route it inside and fit it somewhere -
either in a pod or otherwise as discreet or brazen as you like. I think
the best place is if you have an ashtray or something that has a flap
covering it - then you can just flick it open to reveal the boost gauge
when you want, and close it when you don't want :-)


Cheers Dan. It's a ****e old Xantia Diesel, I don't need a permanent gauge
so it'll be run on a pipe through the window while I check and reset the
boost, then hidden in a box until i need it for something else.

The MX-5 is being picked up on Saturday, going to keep the Xant for another
month or so until wifey's eyes are thoroughly investigated and we know
what's going on.

Mike P

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"Tim.." wrote in message
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Boost gauge and tweak of the wastegate rod on the Terrano yesterday;
height of excitment i know.

Chip or remap coming up shortly....

Tim..


I fancy doing a bit of that on the Xantia, seeing as how it's had a stay
of execution due to wifey's eyes..... but I've no idea how a boost gauge
attaches, or what sort of boost gauge to buy. Fuelling and wastegate I
can do ok. I have no idea about this diesel malarky.


Find one of the thin boost pressure lines, such as that off of the brake
servo (although some people take it from other places) and put a T-piece
in it (available from Halfords as things for windscreen washer jets),
then plug the boost gauge into that, and route it inside and fit it
somewhere - either in a pod or otherwise as discreet or brazen as you
like. I think the best place is if you have an ashtray or something that
has a flap covering it - then you can just flick it open to reveal the
boost gauge when you want, and close it when you don't want :-)


Cheers Dan. It's a ****e old Xantia Diesel, I don't need a permanent gauge
so it'll be run on a pipe through the window while I check and reset the
boost, then hidden in a box until i need it for something else.

The MX-5 is being picked up on Saturday, going to keep the Xant for
another month or so until wifey's eyes are thoroughly investigated and we
know what's going on.


Oh you found an MX5 already? Details :-)

--
Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

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"Mike P" wrote in message
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"Tim.." wrote in message
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Boost gauge and tweak of the wastegate rod on the Terrano yesterday;
height of excitment i know.

Chip or remap coming up shortly....

Tim..


I fancy doing a bit of that on the Xantia, seeing as how it's had a
stay of execution due to wifey's eyes..... but I've no idea how a boost
gauge attaches, or what sort of boost gauge to buy. Fuelling and
wastegate I can do ok. I have no idea about this diesel malarky.


Find one of the thin boost pressure lines, such as that off of the brake
servo (although some people take it from other places) and put a T-piece
in it (available from Halfords as things for windscreen washer jets),
then plug the boost gauge into that, and route it inside and fit it
somewhere - either in a pod or otherwise as discreet or brazen as you
like. I think the best place is if you have an ashtray or something
that has a flap covering it - then you can just flick it open to reveal
the boost gauge when you want, and close it when you don't want :-)


Cheers Dan. It's a ****e old Xantia Diesel, I don't need a permanent
gauge so it'll be run on a pipe through the window while I check and
reset the boost, then hidden in a box until i need it for something else.

The MX-5 is being picked up on Saturday, going to keep the Xant for
another month or so until wifey's eyes are thoroughly investigated and we
know what's going on.


Oh you found an MX5 already? Details :-)


I paid £4300 for a W plater with 57K on it. It's dark metallic blue with a
factory hard top, FSH, one owner, full MOT and a bit of tax left on it.
Might be a bit over the odds, but it's mint, all the HPI checks out ok. I
would have got it today, but it's hard with only me driving at the mo so my
mates taking me up at the weekend to get it.

Now I can get the spanners out again, and spend all the money we are
supposed to be saving for the US :-p

Mike P

"Mike P" wrote in message
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"Tim.." wrote in message
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Boost gauge and tweak of the wastegate rod on the Terrano yesterday;
height of excitment i know.

Chip or remap coming up shortly....

Tim..


I fancy doing a bit of that on the Xantia, seeing as how it's had a stay
of execution due to wifey's eyes..... but I've no idea how a boost gauge
attaches, or what sort of boost gauge to buy. Fuelling and wastegate I can
do ok. I have no idea about this diesel malarky.

Zero to about 20psi (1.25 bar) would be fine. A petrol-one if you like,
although you will never see vacuum shown, so half the dial will never be
ventured into..

Attach it to the aneroid line at the injector pump is probably the simplest
on the XUD.

I think stock boost on these is 14psi or 1 bar. They are safe to about 17psi
after which you are asking too much from the turbo and risking the
headgasket, but respond best to tweaks to the fuel delivery screws, both the
max delivery and the aneroid settings.

Tim..

In article ,
"Depresion" 127.0.0.1 says...
If you are anything like the bloke I know with an STI WR1 a boost gauge
like an oil pressure gauge attaches by simply linking the lighting wires
to the switchable live on the radio. Job done.
lol

It's not like he doesn't have the money to get it done right he just
approached it half arsed.

On the GT4, I used the ignition feed to the ciggy lighter to light the
el, and the illumination for the lighter to operate the dimmer wire so
the EL backlight wasn't dazzling at night.
--
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Mike P wrote:

Heh, I'd like to really know what boost it's putting out, as it seems flat
as a witches tit at the moment..

Mike P



Check your pipes too & from the intercooler, I was coming up the M1 in
mine a few years ago around 70mph pulling up a hill & suddenly lost
loads of power. I was sick as a parrot, thought the turbo had gone, but
I'd being doing something under the bonnet at the weekend & forgot to
retighten one of the jubilee clips & it had worked itself loose & got
disconnected.

Alan...

Alan Smith wrote:
Mike P wrote:

Heh, I'd like to really know what boost it's putting out, as it
seems flat as a witches tit at the moment..

Mike P



Check your pipes too & from the intercooler, I was coming up the M1 in
mine a few years ago around 70mph pulling up a hill & suddenly lost
loads of power. I was sick as a parrot, thought the turbo had gone,
but I'd being doing something under the bonnet at the weekend &
forgot to retighten one of the jubilee clips & it had worked itself
loose & got disconnected.

Alan...

Heh. One of of my turbo Saabs, I'd be cleaning out the throttle body, TPS
and associated pipes. I took it for a quick drive afterwards and it stopped
about a mile from the house. It was low on fuel, so I just presumed it had
ran out. So I walked back home, got my can, walked to the petrol station and
filled it up, then walked all the way up the long hill out of Marlow Bottom
up to the car. Put the fuel in, it still wouldn't run. Opened the bonnet and
the intercooler throttle body pipe had come off, no need for my long
walk...

doh

Mike P