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Old 26-07-2006, 12:56 PM
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got a vacuum gauge this morning, looked at the fitting guide and its saying i have to drill a hole in the inlet manifold......er......is this right??

can i just t-peice the small hose like you do for a boost gauge?
Old 26-07-2006, 03:28 PM
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is it a universal guage?

proberly means on cars that havnt got take off pipes on the inlet, surely you can use one of the pipes already on there, get a t-piece
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yup, just T piece it off one of the top take off's
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why not just fit a boost guage that has negative readings?
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Originally Posted by steven botes
why not just fit a boost guage that has negative readings?
he didn't say his car was turbo.......
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