greddy egt gauge: hooked up right needle doesnt move
01-06-2008, 07:09 PM
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greddy egt gauge: hooked up right needle doesnt move
im trying to finalize the troubleshooting on my egt gauge. it is wired up properly and the sending unit is properly installed in my manifold. problem: gauge needle doesnt move when the car is on.
today i unclipped the sending unit and ran some power through the sending unit wires to the gauge, and it would pin the needle the come back down, so i know the gauge itself moves. does this mean that my sending unit(proble) is bad? everything else so far seems to check out
today i unclipped the sending unit and ran some power through the sending unit wires to the gauge, and it would pin the needle the come back down, so i know the gauge itself moves. does this mean that my sending unit(proble) is bad? everything else so far seems to check out
01-07-2008, 07:48 AM
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Re: greddy egt gauge: hooked up right needle doesnt move (blackeg)
Remember, the guage is in Celcius, so at idle, the needle will barely move, if at all, since egts will be lower than the reading of the guage can give at idle. I don't want to assume, but have you actually tried driving the car at varying speeds to make sure that it is working properly? The needle should slowly move up by then.
01-07-2008, 01:13 PM
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Re: greddy egt gauge: hooked up right needle doesnt move (TheShodan)
yeah i know it wont move much at idle. i hat it on the 2step to put load on it so i could double check that when i had it pinned. i also took a 300 mile trip and nothing
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pyrorocketeer »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">remove it and put a torch to the sending unit see if it moves then</TD></TR></TABLE>
damn thats a good idea.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pyrorocketeer »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">remove it and put a torch to the sending unit see if it moves then</TD></TR></TABLE>
damn thats a good idea.
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Re: greddy egt gauge: hooked up right needle doesnt move (blackeg)
in the begining my didnt work, then it started working maybe 3 days later, weird. May have been a ground i moved. 
01-13-2008, 04:34 AM
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Re: greddy egt gauge: hooked up right needle doesnt move (DADOHCturbo)
the sending units are 113 bucks from greddys website!!!
i think im just gonna buy another used gauge. if i fix the current problem, good. then i will have a spare gauge to use in my next car
i think im just gonna buy another used gauge. if i fix the current problem, good. then i will have a spare gauge to use in my next car
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01-13-2008, 04:37 AM
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Re: greddy egt gauge: hooked up right needle doesnt move (blackeg)
i have a working greddy EGT guage/sensor for 75 shipped. i know it works, i removed it from the car about 2 weeks ago. see sig.
01-13-2008, 06:21 AM
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Re: greddy egt gauge: hooked up right needle doesnt move (DaveF)
The Innovate TC-4 is a little over $100 from vendors like Xenocron, and you can use any k-type (iirc), which means using their $90 sensor or a $25 unit on ebay, home-made for airplanes. It also will log 4 sensors.
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