Does anyone know about guages?

Jeff TDI · Nov 10, 1999

I would like to add some guages to my new Jetta, possibly an oil pressure guage and a boost guage. Three would be great, and I would make that an EGT guage.

Does anyone have or know about availability of these things?

Thanks in advance....Jeff

Gary Miyakawa · Nov 10, 1999

Jeff,

Take a look at AutoMeter. They have a variety of guages and some new "Piller" mounts for the Jetta. www.autometer.com

Gary

Peter Cheuk · Nov 11, 1999

What year is your Jetta? Is it the newer body style or the older one?

I have an A-pillar mount on my car and Autometer boost gauge. Don't get the ill-fitting gauge mount from ND that I got.

Get a boost only gauge. My boost/vacuum gauge never goes into the vacuum side.

Trying to figure out where to mount the gauges would be one of the harder aspects of doing this but it can be done.

Jeff TDI · Nov 11, 1999

My car is a 2000 Jetta. At Gary's suggestion, I have checked with autometer, but see no 2000 models.

How did you install the boost guage? Where did you hook everything up?

v/r Jeff

Gary Miyakawa · Nov 11, 1999

Jeff,

You will need to give them a call. I was at the Sema show last week and they had the "new" stuff on display.. There is a 2000 supplimental catalog that shows it..

Gary

jmoore · Aug 9, 2006

Boost gauge

I just installed a boost gauge (VDO). It only shows boost upon accelleration. None even at any sustained rpm only if I am stepping on it. Is this normal or is there a problem? Also my oil gauge does not function. I will check for ground at the sender later as I have run out of daylight.
Car runs very well so if there is a boost leak it is not large enough to notice, can't here one either.

Thanks

Jim

Bob_Fout · Aug 9, 2006

jmoore said:
I just installed a boost gauge (VDO). It only shows boost upon accelleration. None even at any sustained rpm only if I am stepping on it. Is this normal or is there a problem? Also my oil gauge does not function. I will check for ground at the sender later as I have run out of daylight.
Car runs very well so if there is a boost leak it is not large enough to notice, can't here one either.

Thanks

Jim

There should almost always be 0.5 to 3 PSI of boost driving along, depending on how fast and how much small uphill/downhill there is the road. My manifold abs. pressure is almost always between 15.1 and 17 when crusing.

Thermo1223 · Aug 18, 2006

www.42draftdesigns.com

The ONLY place to get pillar pods that look like they should have been there from the factory.

Fortuna Wolf · Aug 18, 2006

Personally, I think that the 3 gauge DIN panel should be reserved for slow moving gauges, or ones that you don't look at often, like oil pressure, temp, etc.
Boost and EGT should go on the steering wheel column as a pair, or the column. I really dislike the nylon cable on the boost gauge and have replaced it with a vacuum hose. I recommend doing the same. I bought a bag of fittings (only place I could find them had bags). I can ship you some for a few dollars.

alphaseinor · Aug 19, 2006

Soo... where do you tap into the vaccum lines?

Fortuna Wolf · Aug 19, 2006

I was lazy and tapped the upper hose, but one should really tap the hose before the intercooler for the boost gauge and valve.

Thermo1223 · Aug 19, 2006

Now see I heard the opposite as the upper tube is realistically what the engine is receiving so you want to tap that.

The valve could also just be tapped into the current vaccum lines.

I agree the 3 din panel should be for the less important ones, looking down like that is dangerous.

Fortuna Wolf · Aug 19, 2006

Well, the boost gauge and boost valve are for the turbo's health. The boost valve will work faster closer to the turbo, and the boost gauge will give a more accurate reading of spikes. Of course, it might not actually matter, but if it does the lower pipe would be better. The engine won't blow up if its under or over boosted.

IXLR8 · Aug 20, 2006

In Tach boost gauge

Hi,
It is a little expensive.. but I love it's 'stealth' nature and it is very responsive.

http://www.impconcepts.com/vwjettatdi25or30psiboostgauge.htm

Jim

lilzeus · Sep 22, 2006

Only one problem I see with that. You dont know how much boost is being generated. You have to do some kind of conversion in your head or something. 1 LED = x amount of boost, I just saw it light up 5 of them, so that.....ah screw it.

A_Shifter · Sep 30, 2006

Been about a week since the last post, so I hope nobody has any heartache if I hijack this thread....OK I'll just borrow it for some related discussion:

Amp meter or Volt guage?

I understand the difference between the two values, but which is more helpful info if I was going to choose one or the other?

Relating to previous discussion, I just picked up a dual guage steering column "Diesel pod" from NewSouth Performance...Boost & EGT...should get around to installing that next week.

paramedick · Sep 30, 2006

Fortuna Wolf said:
I really dislike the nylon cable on the boost gauge and have replaced it with a vacuum hose. I recommend doing the same. I bought a bag of fittings (only place I could find them had bags). I can ship you some for a few dollars.

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