Gauge Installation How-to?
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Gauge Installation How-to?
There was a good post on here within the last month or two that had a link to a site with fantastic guage installation instructions since the ones that come with the gauges are useless... can someone help me out with that? For some reason, this site will not let me do a site search--says I'm not allowed to anymore. Don't know what I did wrong...
Anyway, my gauge instructions say if I have a turbo to install the egt probe near the turbo exhaust outlet. Where the heck would that be? I thought I was supposed to put it in the manifold based on what everyone says around here..... And I don't know where to tap into for the boost gauge. And... yes, another thing I don't know... where to tap into for the tranny temp. A little help from you 6.0 savvy guys would help me greatly. Thanks.
Anyway, my gauge instructions say if I have a turbo to install the egt probe near the turbo exhaust outlet. Where the heck would that be? I thought I was supposed to put it in the manifold based on what everyone says around here..... And I don't know where to tap into for the boost gauge. And... yes, another thing I don't know... where to tap into for the tranny temp. A little help from you 6.0 savvy guys would help me greatly. Thanks.
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the boost gauge gets tapped into the map sensor. I installed my pyro in the drivers side manifold to get a more accurate reading. And the trans. temp gauge under the drivers side of the truck on the tranny [assuming u have a torqueshift] there is a brass plug called a test port take the brass plug out and fluid should come out and replace it with the temp sender and plug it in and run the wires up through the fire wall.. Pretty easy just take ur time and rember to take the manifold off before drilling and tapping..
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Okay, thanks very much for the help. Couple more questions though... what does the map sensor look like? I would assume it is located on the intake manifold, but that is all I know about it. And maybe you could tell me exactly how to tap into it? And as far as the pyro is concerned, isn't the manifold a long way away from the turbo? Wouldn't it be more accurate if it were closer to the turbo? Or maybe there is no convenient way to put it closer to the turbo? Thanks again for the help.
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Originally Posted by dmgiff
Okay, thanks very much for the help. Couple more questions though... what does the map sensor look like? I would assume it is located on the intake manifold, but that is all I know about it. And maybe you could tell me exactly how to tap into it? And as far as the pyro is concerned, isn't the manifold a long way away from the turbo? Wouldn't it be more accurate if it were closer to the turbo? Or maybe there is no convenient way to put it closer to the turbo? Thanks again for the help.
You will fry a piston before you will toast the turbo. That has been proven by PSD604x4. I was talking to the diesel tech at the dealer where I take my truck. He has a truck in the shop where the owner left the chip (Edge, I think). He tore down the engine and it was the pistons were fried. Put the thermocouple on the manifold. There will be a temp drop from the exhaust manifold to the turbo anyway. Not much but still a drop.
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Thanks for the reply SB, you sort of answered my question, but I wasn't talking about the tired pre/post debate, I just meant that the manifold seems a long way from the turbo and maybe it would be more accurate to put the probe closer to the turbo, but still pre.... but in your post, you said the difference isn't much, so that's good enough for me... I plan to attempt the Great Gauge Install tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by dmgiff
Thanks for the reply SB, you sort of answered my question, but I wasn't talking about the tired pre/post debate, I just meant that the manifold seems a long way from the turbo and maybe it would be more accurate to put the probe closer to the turbo, but still pre.... but in your post, you said the difference isn't much, so that's good enough for me... I plan to attempt the Great Gauge Install tomorrow.
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! If you would have been within a mile or so of my house, you would have just seen the giant light bulb come on above my little tiny head. I got it now. How silly of me. That makes a heck of a lot of sense. Everyone seems to be so concerned about temps for the turbo blades, I just assumed that's what you were talking about. Is the upper limit still the same? By that I mean 1250 - 1300 degrees is the upper limit for the pistons also?