boost gauge 3.0ltd navara
Submitted: Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 18:31
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Member - toohey
g'day all
i have purchased a auto meter boost gauge to fit to my navara,i have'nt had a look yet where to plumb it in, does any know, hope youse' can help.
cheers & early christmas greetings to all(i'll be travel'n)
toohey.
Reply By: Chaz - Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 20:41
Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 20:41
Toohey,
Your'e lucky, on yours the boost sensor is remote because you don't have the intercooler, so just put a tee piece under the sensor and tap in there.
Chaz
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Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 20:43
Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 20:43
This subject was disgussed recently in relation to the 3L Patrol. There didn't seem to be any definite decision. I reckon it's gunna be a case of doing the same as I had to do with my 4.2L......I had to take off a part of the cross-over pipe (that carries the compressed air from the turbo to the inlet manifold) and drill & tap a suitable size hole into it for the fitting supplied with your kit. It's not a daunting task (at least not on the 4.2 anyway). Funny thing is that since I fitted
mine, I've now upgraded the turbo to a Denco unit and it has a new cross-over tube which already has a tapped hole I could've used....hahaha
Good luck mate
Roachie
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncs - Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 22:19
Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 22:19
Raochie is right. It is not a big job to remove the crossover tube drill and tap a hole and put it all back together.
Just make sure you get all those little bits of metal out of the tube before you refit it. Don't want ony of them mixing it with the turbo fan do we now? The guy who did
mine, a mate who is a pretty good spanner man, pulled a lightly oiled rag through a couple of times after knocking it out dry first.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncs - Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 22:21
Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 22:21
He also put a dob of grease on the drill bit which was turning real slow and held a rag with a dob of grease behind the point where the drill would come through. He left that in place while he tapped the thread too.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 22:25
Thursday, Nov 24, 2005 at 22:25
Duncs,
He shouldn't have any probs with the swarf going into the turbo; as the fitting needs to be placed downstream of that. Where he would have issues is with the inlet valves/pistons etc as any crap would be forced into the inlet manifold by the flow/pressure of the turbo-charged air-flow.
Agree though; very important to ensure the cross-over pipe is totally clean before re-fitting it.
Roachie
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Reply By: ACDC - Friday, Nov 25, 2005 at 18:30
Friday, Nov 25, 2005 at 18:30
Straight into the inlet manifold is the best, drill and tape it as you say.
This is also the best way i have found with 3.0l patrols and the most accurate.
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