The original install for my boost gauge used a small rubber boot to hold the 1/8" clear tubing into the tee that tied the gauge into the turbo. Recently the little rubber boot cracked and let go so the clear tube had nothing to hold it in the tee (rendering the gauge usless and creating a nice leak). I wrapped the tube and tee with duct tape to hold it together until I could fix it correctly. Well the duct tape fixed gave way this morning and the tube came completly out of the tee.

I chased down a 1/8" compression fitting and attached it to 1/4" hose barb/female fitting. I pushed the assembled compression fitting/hose barb unit into a new piece of 1/4" hose and pushed that onto the tee.

With hose claims on all the hose ends and the compression fitting good and tight my boost gauge is back in action. This should be the last time I mess with that little bugger! I'm not sure why Autometer supplies that crappy little boot or why the little boot doesn't hold up like the stock boots on the WG actuator but now it doesn't really matter.

So if you have the clear tube slid into the tee with a rubber boot holding the two together put together the compression fitting/hose barb assembly and eliminate the weak spot.

 

Glad to hear you got her fixed and thanks for the tip.

 

I haven't got gauges yet but will keep this in mind. Thanks for the tip Thomas.

 

I ran 1/4" synflex all the way inside truck and converted to 1/8" a couple feet from guage

 

Glad to help guys!