cant get egt gauge to read

[terrano hayden]

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?

[DEATH_INC]

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

[terrano hayden]

Yea it starts at 200

[suzolla]

Other option is to pull the probe and put it over a small flame.
Cheers
Tim

[kbushnz]

Did you wire it up correctly...
If the probe wires are transposed it will read the opposite way...

[imsohi]

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

[terrano hayden]

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

[DEATH_INC]

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?
Where are you?

[terrano hayden]

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

[manwithav8]

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

[Dirtydog]

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