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Originally Posted by 1_Stealth_Z oh and my boost gauge is only reading about 9 lbs of vacuum when I usually reads 20 when I let off the throttle and then

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Old 08-30-2013, 10:51 AM   #3 (permalink)
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oh and my boost gauge is only reading about 9 lbs of vacuum when I usually reads 20 when I let off the throttle and then while at WOT it literally doesn't make it past the 0 mark
Sounds like you have a loose hose.

I've never seen manifold vacuum measured in pounds (a perfect vacuum is -14.7 psig, so your 20 doesn't seem right). Most common units I've seen are inches of Mercury ("Hg). Probably shifted to metric nowadays.
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