cant get egt gauge to read

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cant get egt gauge to read

Postby terrano hayden » Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:54 pm

Put the probe in the manifold and had it idling for abit and nothing was reading on the the gauge so it took it for a drive and still nothing on the gauge

any ideas?

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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby DEATH_INC » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:15 pm

Does the gauge start at 200 deg? It needs a bit of load to get to this, drive up a hill somewhere and see....

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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby terrano hayden » Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:35 pm

Yea it starts at 200

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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby suzolla » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:35 pm

Other option is to pull the probe and put it over a small flame.
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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby kbushnz » Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:57 pm

Did you wire it up correctly...
If the probe wires are transposed it will read the opposite way...
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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby imsohi » Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:47 am

what type of gauge??? i had this problem when i brought a gauge a few months back it was faulty had to wait for them to send it to malaysia 3 weeks noot cool

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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby terrano hayden » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:11 am

its one off these cheap ones http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/performance/gauges/auction-551264682.htm

im pretty sure its wired up properly it lights up and everything

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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby DEATH_INC » Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:09 pm

Ok, I had one of those in mine, in fact I have the digital version in there now. They work fine. Check the sensor, I had a faulty one which they replaced under warranty. I got mine direct off e-bay though...
Any chance of a pic of the manifold setup?
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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby terrano hayden » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:50 pm

Im in hastings i got it to work by holding a lighter on the probe i just didnt wait long enough the first time

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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby manwithav8 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:23 am

I'm on my second one of these gauges also bought from trademe. The back light for the needle and display keeps failing. Still reads temp but have to squint too read it.

I guess you get what you pay for lol

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Re: cant get egt gauge to read

Postby Dirtydog » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:48 pm

nothing a couple of well placed leds wont fix....

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