A3 TDi Boost Gauge - FITTING???

[Indie_DSG]

Hi All,

I have an A3 TDi 170 DSG and want to fit a mechanical Boost Gauge.

I have the vent pod sorted and need advise on there to tap in to the boost Pressure pipe?

Any ideas?

[evomaster3000]

There is no T off u can use, I drilled a hole in a bolt and using a rubber washer drilled a hole in a metal alloy boost hose after the intercooler and simply stuck my 5mm rubber hose on to that.

[Indie_DSG]

Cheers Evo,

I'm goint to tap in to the rubber hose just before the EGR housing.

Thats the best point according to Barry the Car Wizard.
Merlin do a 5mm Tap off feed that fits in the hose.

Pictures up soon.

[cus]

so there is no other way of doing this on the 2.0 tdi without having to tap into a pipe? thanks, marcus

[2192dougl]

where did you get the boost gauge? I contacted awe who also do a vent boost gauge and they sed the was for 2.0 fsi (petrol) models only. p.s. do you have any photos. Sean

[cus]

thats mine fitted really easy to do in the end lol

[cus]

another shot..

[Dj_rgr]

Sorry for interrupting this thread, I was going to ask the same thing!!.. I fitted a defi boost gauge to my drivers side dash vent in the weekend and was unsure as to where to plumb the gauge pipe to, so I tapped it into the turbo actuator vacumn pipe as a temporary basis.
i was going to post a question as where should it be connected as I know where on petrol cars but am unsure where on a 2.0 tdi engine.
my gauge shows -6 bar on Tickover and goes up to 0 bar when you change gear when driven hard.
looks like I will have to tap into this egr pipe as well then, does anyone know if there anywhere else that you can tap into for the gauge to work correctly.

[HEKTOR]

This might be of use - JettaMKV.com • View topic - DIY: Boost Gauge Install - TDI Variant

Check out the group buy section as i am doing a boost gauge group buy which may be of interest to you.

[Dj_rgr]

This might be of use - JettaMKV.com • View topic - DIY: Boost Gauge Install - TDI Variant

Check out the group buy section as i am doing a boost gauge group buy which may be of interest to you.

Thanks for the info mate.

[HEKTOR]

Thanks for the info mate.

No worries ;-)