Turbo Boost guage

[cudjoekeytom]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "poolredalligator"
wrote:
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Nichols
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > At 7/22/2005 07:04 PM, cudjoekeytom wrote:
> > >My turbo boost guage isn't working. It worked during my recent
> trip
> > >from Cincinnat to Orland area, but was not working when I
picked
> it up
> > >to take it to Detroit Deisel Allison. The guage is operated by
a
> line
> > >or hose that runs from the turbo to the guage. FLDDA says it
> > >is "probably" a brake in the hose, but they can't say where.
> > >
> > >Any ideas as to where this hose runs and how to diagnose?
> >
> > Mine quit working once when the tiny little hose came in contact
> with a hot
> > exhaust part and melted a hole in it. Look in the most likely
> place: where
> > FLDDA was working! There's an obvious place where this boost
line
> attaches
> > on the engine (I don't remember where, just that it was obvious).
> >
> > --
> > Dennis Nichols
> > '88 WB40 XXV
> > "Priscilla"
> >
> >
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> My turbo boost guage line is on top of the engine and it is very
thin
> tubing. When my turbo boost guage stopped working I got to it
easily
> by way of the access below the bed. Like Dennis, I found a small
hole
> in the tubing near the fitting that connects the tubing to the
> engine.
> There was enough slack in the tubing for me to cut off the damaged
> portion and reconnect it. Look for thin tubing near the top of the
> engine connected with a compression fitting. Good luck.
>
> Gene Marshall, Dickinson, Texas 1988 PT40

Thanks. I'll look there.

Tom Gibbs
91wb40
Cudjoe Key, FL