Thought it was time i should contribute something to the club, so here we go.
I'm in a bit of a hurry as i type this, so commentary will be concise !
I've got a 1996 Golf TDI, engine code 1Z. I'm in the UK, so a couple of bits maybe be slightly different from US spec A3s.
1: The gauge kit
Ignore the silver bleed valve, this isn't part of the gauge.
2: The engine bay
3: The intake manifold pressure hose
I chose the tap the gauge feed in at the intake, since this would allow me to read the pressure that was actually entering the engine. I recently took the manifold off to clean ou the crud, and replace the clip with an geared type, so i simple loosened this, then pulled the hose off.
4:Tee in,
Here you can see i've used some 4mm fuel hose to allow for the "T" fitting.
5: ...inside the cabin
Now i had to find a route for the hose to get into the cabin, and into the gauge...... after about an hour of searching, i remembered something i read on here, and looked under the passenger footwell, and hey presto !!!
6:
Next i had to feed a new length of hose down behind the dash to connect up with the hose that i'd just fed in from the engine bay.
7:
.... found a route behind the dash, and re-emerged in the passenger footwell.
8:
.. then connected the 2 hoses using a fitting.
9:
Here is the pillar pod. It needs some trimmimg before it will sit nicely ....
10:
Now i pulled off the A pillar trim and attached the pod to it.
11:
... then put the trim back in place, and fed the hose into the pod..
12:
all that remained was to insert to connect up the guage and slot it into the pod !
I'm in a bit of a hurry as i type this, so commentary will be concise !
I've got a 1996 Golf TDI, engine code 1Z. I'm in the UK, so a couple of bits maybe be slightly different from US spec A3s.
1: The gauge kit
Ignore the silver bleed valve, this isn't part of the gauge.
2: The engine bay
3: The intake manifold pressure hose
I chose the tap the gauge feed in at the intake, since this would allow me to read the pressure that was actually entering the engine. I recently took the manifold off to clean ou the crud, and replace the clip with an geared type, so i simple loosened this, then pulled the hose off.
4:Tee in,
Here you can see i've used some 4mm fuel hose to allow for the "T" fitting.
5: ...inside the cabin
Now i had to find a route for the hose to get into the cabin, and into the gauge...... after about an hour of searching, i remembered something i read on here, and looked under the passenger footwell, and hey presto !!!
6:
Next i had to feed a new length of hose down behind the dash to connect up with the hose that i'd just fed in from the engine bay.
7:
.... found a route behind the dash, and re-emerged in the passenger footwell.
8:
.. then connected the 2 hoses using a fitting.
9:
Here is the pillar pod. It needs some trimmimg before it will sit nicely ....
10:
Now i pulled off the A pillar trim and attached the pod to it.
11:
... then put the trim back in place, and fed the hose into the pod..
12:
all that remained was to insert to connect up the guage and slot it into the pod !