Gauges - who is using what? Pics?

[Luminol]

Hey guys,

I've just picked myself up and egt gauge for the diesel.xj and was wondering what you all have and how you've installed it? I'd like to get a boost gauge in aswell, how's that plumed in?

Good to see some pics of the sensors and gauges ypu are all running

[layback40]

Boost gauge is an easy add. Put a T in the tube between the turbo & the wastegate control. Pipe it up to your gauge.
The pipe can go through the wire grommet behind the coolant tank. Run your EGT wire through there as well. My gauges fit well between the dash pad over the main gauge cluster & the door/windscreen pillar.

[Mudmonster]

in my intake manifold I had a grub screw i took that out and fitted a small air fitting for the boost gauge (not all diesels had a grub screw in the front on the intake manifold).
I have a digital EGT Gauge and have removed the EGR pipe and fitted the EGT Probe in the hole in the exhaust manifold where the EGR pipe used to go,

as its a shit size I cut the EGR pipe and took the fitting off and took it to a machining shop to have a fitting brazed in so I could screw in the EGT probe, they couldn't find the correct size fitting to screw in the original nut so the forced one in and that's why the brazed it, I can take some pics when I get my phone back in about a week?

[Luminol]

cheers guys that great. I will definitely be adding a boost gauge at some point as well as the egt that I have now but not yet installed, sat I hope.

If you wouldn't mind posting some pics MudMonster when you can that would be great thanks!

What sort of readings are considered normal on both EGT and BOost for the 2.5td (this obviously depends on what you are doping I guess)

but No towing, Town and Highway speeds?

Thanks, You two are always so helpful

[Luminol]

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[Mudmonster]

Originally Posted by Luminol

cheers guys that great. I will definitely be adding a boost gauge at some point as well as the egt that I have now but not yet installed, sat I hope.

If you wouldn't mind posting some pics MudMonster when you can that would be great thanks!

What sort of readings are considered normal on both EGT and BOost for the 2.5td (this obviously depends on what you are doping I guess)

but No towing, Town and Highway speeds?

Thanks, You two are always so helpful

boost should be 15psi
EGT mne is between 250-550 deg depending on driving,
average 300 deg

[Luminol]

Thanks