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2K3 MSP
08-24-2003, 05:11 PM
I had to relocate the boost gauge when I installed my FPR kit a few weeks ago...Ever since then, I've noticed it flutters when I am at cruising speeds(needle shows roughly 10-20 on the vacuum side). When I decelerate, or accelerate, it smoothes out and gives me a nice fluid movement, but when my speed levels out, the needle starts to bounce again...What would cause this?? Maybe a leak in the connection at the T fitting?? COuld I have tapped into the wrong hose?? I only noticed 2 back there. 1 where the FPR kit now is, and 1 where I put the boost gauge line.
Any advice???
t3ase
08-24-2003, 07:05 PM
Mine's the same way... I tapped into the line the arrow points to:
http://www.mazdamp3.com/vbb230/_handler.php/t3ase/boost-guage.jpg
2K3 MSP
08-24-2003, 07:56 PM
That's the same one I tapped into...Are we the only two??? Someone else has got to verify this...
DiscreetSpeed
08-24-2003, 08:16 PM
i tapped into that one too.
MazdaspeedZOOM
08-24-2003, 08:22 PM
Mine flutters the same, and that's a picture from my car so obviously I tapped into the same place.
Elderain
08-24-2003, 08:44 PM
Yeah mine does the same, tapped into the same line as t3ase's pic.
Dr.Sound
08-24-2003, 08:59 PM
same here as well
suttonschinook
08-24-2003, 09:13 PM
Same Here
2K3 MSP
08-24-2003, 10:14 PM
WELL CRAP!! I guess it's normal then...I just wanted to make sure I wasn't leaking or anything...Thanks guys:)
Fëakhelek
08-25-2003, 01:03 AM
Maybe that's not a good place for it and you all have the same problem. Possible?
Pirana
08-25-2003, 01:26 AM
We tapped at the manifold where the cruise control its supposed to go.
2K3 MSP
08-25-2003, 01:37 AM
Isn't this where Joe told us to tap into?? I had the boost gauge installed before the FPR...I had to relocate the boost gauge, and I thought he told me to go where I did...
Dr.Sound
08-25-2003, 01:39 AM
it's a fine place for it...........i had it tapped into a line that was right in the middle behind the engine and it was smooth everywhere.............when i got FPR kit, i relocated the gauge to the same line that's on the picture above and the needle jumps at cruising speeds arround 20-16.
It's normal........different lines have different consistency of pressure.
Dr.Sound
08-25-2003, 01:42 AM
2K3 u beat me to it
that's exactly what joe told me...............i trust joe