Fitting a boost gauge mount

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Hopefully one of you have done this before! Im after fitting a boost gauge into my drivers side air vent using this VW Accessories & Styling , Worldwide Mailorder
How would I get the vac hose into the engine bay and where do you reckon is the best place to connect the pipe to? Any help would be much appreciated
 
take off fuse box cover, remove containment nuts which you can see plus under dash nuts and remove drivers side under dash, if you can loosen your wind screen wiper nuts do so and remove plastic full length cover, these are hard to remove nut, that is and sometimes siezed, it doesnt matter, get an old metal coat hanger ant thread through inside of car to bay, tape on use a little washing up liquid to pull through freely,i T peiced to 007 vale tubeing. cheers shane.
 
Cheers for that I'll give it a go in the next week or so.
 
Dont worry about the pics, mine arrived this morning and i'm just finished fitting it ;)

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Oh ******** I've wired it in wrong! The back light comes on when the ignition comes on but then goes off when the lights are turned on and it's brining up a dash error telling me a bulbs blown!

Think I'll tackle that in the morning :banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
Westle said:
Dont worry about the pics, mine arrived this morning and i'm just finished fitting it ;)
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I've got a gauge that I'm planning on fitting into a pillar pod.


Did you route the hose the way shanejess suggested?
 
Yes but I managed to do it without removing the lower dash, but it would have made things easier if I had.

I also removed both wiper arms and the whole scuttle tray and removed the wiper mech so I could access the plastic box on the drivers side, under the wiper arm. I removed this box so I could feed the hose through. I then drilled a hole in the box and poked the hose through that.

Oh and I also plumped the t piece into the FPR pipe and not the DV one like Shane mentioned.
 
Westle said:
Dont worry about the pics, mine arrived this morning and i'm just finished fitting it ;)

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Just wondering have you revved the car a bit when you took that photo because your vacuum should be around 21 in.HG on idle.
 
If that was on cold start thats about right. On warm idle it should be around 21-22.
 
Just a quick pic for the original poster showing the box under the plastic scuttle. You can see the pipe for my boost gauge. I went through the rubber grommet and added some silicone.
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Thats actually a good place to feed the hose into the car. I feed mine through the little hole were the bonnet catch goes through by the drivers side bonnet strut. Was a bit awkward getting it through but easy to route it to the gauge once inside the car.
 
Westle where did you get your vent mount from as that is for facelift S3's like mine whereas the link I posted was for pre-facelift?
 
I attempted to fit mine today but i fell at the first hurdle.....lol


My wipers wouldn't come off. I tried the pliers trick....etc but they wouldn't budge, so i gave my mechanic a call and he is going to get them off with a puller tomorrow :)


I'm really not looking forward to digging around under the dash :(
 
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Westle said:
I bookmark any pages that I think will come in handy one day and yours was one of those. I thought you'd left the audi scene as not seen you post here much?
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I've moved to Thailand so I don't get much chance to post here these days but I like to read and post on the forums when I get time. I still have my car but it's just sitting in a garage in deepest darkest Sussex. Hasn't been driven in over a year now. I was thinking of having it shipped over here, but the costs wouldn't make it worth it. You don't see any A3s or S3s over here.

Glad to hear you guys are still enjoying your cars.
 
didnt like saying westle but your gauge looks as cheap as. i wanted one more accurate so paid a bit more, yours you have to guess a little because of the 5 psi stage markers. looks ok though its fit well.
 
shanejess said:
didnt like saying westle but your gauge looks as cheap as. i wanted one more accurate so paid a bit more, yours you have to guess a little because of the 5 psi stage markers. looks ok though its fit well.
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It does look a bit cheap but I wanted one that matched the interior/orignal dash so went for that one. It's a lot better made than it looks, and wasn't super cheap. I dont mind a bit of guess work, I only bought it so I could keep a roungh eye on what boost is doing on my car.
 
Does it matter how long the hose is from the diverter valve to the boost gauge?



The reason i ask is that after removing the the wipers i couldn't lift the scuttle tray, so i ended up using the same hole i used for my sub.


The only problem is that the hole is on the passenger side of the car so i need to run a hose along the back of the dash and use a joiner to join the two hoses under the passenger foot well.



Another question I've got is....



Do we need to use a specific type of hose or can i buy some from an aquatic shop?



Thanks guys ;)
 
In my fitting kit I got some plastic hose that needed to be attached to silicone at the end so it fits the t piece. I had half a metre of black 3mm silicone that I used on the end of he plasic hose so I could route it round the engine bay how I wanted.

Some plastic hose isn't up to the job and will melt so make sure you get something that can stand reasonably high temps.
 
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no worries will put on list lol with pics of boost guage and oil catch can.
got few bits do over next couple of weeks remake the sill guards black with quattro in yellow
respray the wingmirrors
paint callipers
fit radio adapter so can get radio working
 
paul syverson said:
no worries will put on list lol with pics of boost guage and oil catch can.
got few bits do over next couple of weeks remake the sill guards black with quattro in yellow
respray the wingmirrors
paint callipers
fit radio adapter so can get radio working
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You want to jump on the late night mechanics band wagon mate, it's the best time to work ;)
 
haha dont tempt me it used to be like that untill the rents filled the garage with crap so i carnt work in there now just waiting to get all stuff back out to start the late nights again.

bro does most of the mechanical i do the body and trim not very good with mechanical side leave that to the people that know lol
 
paul syverson said:
haha dont tempt me it used to be like that untill the rents filled the garage with crap so i carnt work in there now just waiting to get all stuff back out to start the late nights again.

bro does most of the mechanical i do the body and trim not very good with mechanical side leave that to the people that know lol
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My old mans just painted the garage floor and he wont even put his car in there at the moment let alone let me put a jack/axle stands on it! Late night mechanics has taken a slight back seat :(
 
bad times will be dry in few days then can start again i need to build a storage shed at the back of the garage still waiting on step dad get the gear will only take me a weekend dig it out pour concrete build storage shed and render the thing.

i know he taking his time stop me having the garage lol
 
Westle said:
In my fitting kit I got some plastic hose that needed to be attached to silicone at the end so it fits the t piece. I had half a metre of black 3mm silicone that I used on the end of he plasic hose so I could route it round the engine bay how I wanted.

Some plastic hose isn't up to the job and will melt so make sure you get something that can stand reasonably high temps.
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Thanks mate ;)


I didn't even think about the heat, I was thinking more about the hose collapsing under pressure.


Yeah mine come with about a metre of hose (don't think its heat resistant) but i think ill need to add another metre to it.


I thought the hose on top of the dv...etc was 4mm?
 
A3 T said:
Thanks mate ;)


I didn't even think about the heat, I was thinking more about the hose collapsing under pressure.


Yeah mine come with about a metre of hose (don't think its heat resistant) but i think ill need to add another metre to it.


I thought the hose on top of the dv...etc was 4mm?
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My memory is so bad and the silicone I had in the garage was over a year old and didn't have any size printed on it so I can't remember the exact size. 3 or 4mm
 
I went out on a hunt for some cheap vac hose but they all seem like they will collapse .


I've looked at both the silicone and the pvc hoses (like the windscreen washer hose) but none of them seem as good quality as the pvc one that come with the gauge. :shrug:


help....lol
 
A3 T said:
I went out on a hunt for some cheap vac hose but they all seem like they will collapse .


I've looked at both the silicone and the pvc hoses (like the windscreen washer hose) but none of them seem as good quality as the pvc one that come with the gauge. :shrug:

help....lol
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Did you get some with the gauge? If so you should be able to use that then connect some 3mm silicone to the end of it to extend it. You need to put silicone on the end of the plastic hose anyway to be able to use the t-piece into the DV/FRP line.
 
Westle said:
Did you get some with the gauge? If so you should be able to use that then connect some 3mm silicone to the end of it to extend it. You need to put silicone on the end of the plastic hose anyway to be able to use the t-piece into the DV/FRP line.
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Yes mate, the gauge come with some good quality clear pvc hose. its just not long enough.

The problem I'm having is I cant seem to find any hose that i can add to it that's up to the job.


They all seem like they are going to collapse under pressure :(
 
jackel said:
i bought some blue silicone vac hose from ebay. somthing like £2 a metre there isnt realy alot of preasure so don't worry about spending a fortune on it
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I don't suppose you've got a link to the one you bought have you mate?


I've been to quite a few shops now and the quality have been really bad (very thin) do I'm a bit hesitant about buying it online because ill just be taking the sellers word for the quality.
 
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