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Old 07-07-2009, 11:06 AM
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For some odd reason, my pillar mounted nitrous pressure gauge will only read zero. I know I have nitrous and the line is connected. The gauge used to work.

What gives?
Old 07-07-2009, 12:41 PM
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Only two things come to mind...Either the line is broken/damaged, or the gauge is faulty...If the valve is open, and you have gas, then most likely its the gauge.
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check all connections, maybe you have a bend in the line so it is reading zero. or a fault yguage, but not likely.
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If it's an electric gauge the sending unit could have gone bad and you will need to get a new one for the gauge to read properly.

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It's a mechanical gauge. I don't know why it would be bad. I have my line ran under the carpet so it's a pain to get to. I'd have to remove the interior and pull the carpet to view the entire feed line. I wanted to rule out everything else before I check that. Nitrous seems to spray fine and it definitely purges.

I also don't hear any leaking sound. I imagine if it was leaking the gauge would still read some pressure?
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No ideas before I start ripping the interior out?
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Remove gauge. Crack bottle open. If nitrous comes out of the line that was going to the gauge, the gauge is broken. If it doesn't, figure out why (line?).




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