Jims5543

I was driving home and noticed my Greddy electronic boost guage was not working. I figured 1 of 2 things eiither the plug came loose on the back od a hose popped off. I dismissed it and drove over to pick up my son at his friends house.



I get there and leave the car idling since I plan on being there for 2-3 minutes tops and I had driven it a little hard on my way over.



They have a new motor home and the dad wants me to see it. So the car is now idling for about 7 minutes. I look out the front window of the motor home and see steam coming from under my hook.



I took off running for the car and turn it off. I look at my P.O.S. Autometer guage and it reads 230° which translates to about 215°. I cought it in time!



I blew a fuse that my elec. fan and boost guage is one. I have no idea why yet I am heading ou to the garage to find the fuse and replace it. Then check the connections.



That was a close one.

Srce

Escaped death, just like me!!!

turbovr6

Luck man, very lucky man!. Well now you know if your boost gauge stops working, stop the car!

phinsup

YIKES!

j9fd3s

haha, i did that, i think i forgot to plug them in or something, i remember watching the temp guage just keep going, and its like i'll pull over at 95c, its hot the fans are just slow, then its 100, 105, ok time to stop....

Nemesis

Good thing you caught it in time. I didn't catch mine, now I'm looking for a new motor.

vosko

as long as its a good motor it can take an overheating don't worry about it. that's barely overheating

Jims5543

Bah!! I cannot figure out what is wrong w/ the circuit. I have been chasing wires around for 2 hours now. I have no blown fuses in the fuse box under the dash. I cannot find any in line fuses anywhere that could possibly be blown.



Its weird because whatever curcuit it is on the E-Fan and the Boost guage share yet they seemd to be wired into completely different circuits.



I am going to take it to my mechanic in the morning. He can smell a short from outside the car and put his fingers on it in minutes. I would not be suprised if he finds this problem and fixes it in 10 minutes. Dammit!! I am supposed to be dyno tuning tomarrow afternoon. Gonna have to postpone it now.

j9fd3s

lol my first fan setup was like that. i took it apart to put in the bigger fans, and i couldnt figure out how it actually worked (it did), i also managed to have it so the car ran for 2-3 seconds after i turned the key off

94touring

215 isn't bad, 230 is risky. I use to have this one wire on my haltech that always seemed to work its way loose. Maybe cause it was on the passenger floor and got kicked a lot. Driving along and all of a sudden look at the temp gauge and its off the charts. I could always feel my heart drop, horrible feeling.