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Old Sep 2, 2017 | 09:59 PM
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my friend hooked up an electrical boost gauge in his subaru and its reading backwards. it goes further into the negative under load rather than going into the positive.
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Old Sep 2, 2017 | 10:12 PM
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Ok I used to work subarus this is very common. Flip the gauge around so it points out the windshield, then tape a mirror to the hood to read it. You should be good to go after that.
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Old Sep 3, 2017 | 04:21 PM
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lol i had the little window thing popped up and thought i was talking to an expert not posting a topic. But anyhow, I figured out that RHD subarus have a fuckload (pardon my language) more vacuum lines, so instead of hooking into the BOV vacuum line (like they are supposed to be on a LHD subaru) you hook into line 11 on the other side of the engine.
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Ok I used to work subarus this is very common. Flip the gauge around so it points out the windshield, then tape a mirror to the hood to read it. You should be good to go after that.
lol douchebag comment that I found hilarious. We should be friends that made my shitty day a slight bit better
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Then tell him to either wire it up correctly, or stop buying pieces of **** gauges lol.
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