Proper Boost pressure?
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Laughing Gas
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Proper Boost pressure?
I recently added a few gauges EGT, fuel pressure and boost 3 in one on the A-pillar also water and oil temp. all seem to work fine but I'm not sure what the boost is supposed to be. It reads 1 at idol and climes to 18 if you push it. is this normal?
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Laughing Gas
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Ok it is a 05 6l excursion custom tunes DP-tuner I run the econo 80. studded deleted with gogo polished intake manifold all the upgrades blue spring oil lines with upgraded Garret turbo. I wasnt sure if at idol reading 1 was ok.
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Also check the exhaust y pipe and specifically the y pipe to turbo connection as that is a problematic area. With all that work you had done that connection may not have been lined up correctly before clamp was installed. If it is not 100% correct the clamp will not pull the connection together.
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Laughing Gas
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so should it be reading more pressure at idol or while running? We had a leak when we did the head gaskets and up-grades. The Y pipe was a real PITA to get seated correctly. It doesnt sound like it is leaking or smell like it. Before we were getting exhaust in the cab. Thanks
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so should it be reading more pressure at idol or while running? We had a leak when we did the head gaskets and up-grades. The Y pipe was a real PITA to get seated correctly. It doesnt sound like it is leaking or smell like it. Before we were getting exhaust in the cab. Thanks
With the truck running unplug the VGT plug on the turbo and see if you can hear anything change in sound like a slight hiss dropping off. There is so much racket going on it is hard to hear a slight exhaust leak.
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