Newbie hooking up a vaccum gauge

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06-29-2009, 04:29 PM

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Newbie hooking up a vaccum gauge

So i got a vac gauge laying around and wanted to hook it up.. Whats the best source to tap into?

06-29-2009, 04:43 PM

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hmmm

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So i got a vac gauge laying around and wanted to hook it up.. Whats the best source to tap into?

Brake booster maybe?

06-29-2009, 04:47 PM

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where is the brake booster hose?

06-29-2009, 05:09 PM

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where is the brake booster hose?

this?

06-29-2009, 05:10 PM

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this?

I swear i resized it!!! OMFG.... IT WAS SO LITTLE Sorry aobut the blown up picture

06-29-2009, 06:29 PM

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So i got a vac gauge laying around and wanted to hook it up.. Whats the best source to tap into?

You hooking it up to do some diagnostics? Any vacuum source will do, likely it's got a 1/4" hose on it. Just tee into one of the hoses that goes into the manifold past the TB.

If you're wanting to mount it and keep it permanently...why?

06-30-2009, 06:58 AM

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no just to check for vacuum leak's

06-30-2009, 06:58 AM

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any quick pics of it you got?

06-30-2009, 07:13 AM

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any quick pics of it you got?

Pic of...what?

Just tee into any vacuum hose you can find that's not ported, anything in between the TB and IACV will do. FPR, EVAP, etc.

06-30-2009, 08:11 AM

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k thanks got it

12-22-2009, 07:29 PM

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Hi,
I'm also trying to hook up a vacuum gauge that I installed on the pillar.
When you connected yours to the brake booster did it work? I was afraid to
tap into the brake booster thinking it might affect it.

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Thanks Ness