Boost Gauge

[justin911]

hey ppls

i've got a autometer boost gauge.. its been working alrite for the past 9 months or so.. anyways

so today i was mounting it into a pod thingy... and i noticed when i turn the car off instead of it sitting at 0 psi... it now sits on 3psi...

Its functioning correctly and show me the right amount of boost etc its just when its turned off it seems to now sit on 3 instead of 0...

also previously when i turned the car off it would take like 1 sec to get from say negative boost to 0psi.. but now when i turn it off it takes a few seconds to slowly more upto to 3psi...

I dont wana get a new gauge cause like i said its fine when the car is switched and driving so its performing its purpose.. just when the car is off it seems incorrect

anyone have any ideas on what it could be.. i've taken the boost line out of it and it still seems to sit on 3 psi...

thanks ppls

[SECURITY]

faulty gauge. go back and exchange it.

[ardie]

perhaps theres a pinch sumwhere in the line causing a backlog of pressure? just my 2c

[bilbo117]

So youve unhooked it and it still reads 3 psi?

clearly its faulty. or somehow the needle has rotated on it? but you say that it still reads relatively close to what it should be while driving. so i doubt thats it.

most mechanical boost gauges are a bordon tube arrangement.

once they become stressed (isn't hard to do) or old, they become inacurate and don't return to zero.

get rid of it.