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Old 11-24-17, 01:15 PM
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hello everyone, I've never owned a car with a turbo and curious how to read the gauge.

what does it mean with the needle reaches +1.5

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hello everyone, I've never owned a car with a turbo and curious how to read the gauge.

what does it mean with the needle reaches +1.5
It means you hit +15 PSI of boost pressure.
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It means you hit +10.5 PSI of boost pressure.
Thanks, but is that necessarily bad? The gauge will flash when that happens and Isnt always when Im at wide open throttle.
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Should be fine, only time i would worry is if it never hit it (boost leak), or it went past it (over boost). The flash is just an indicator just like the redline glow.
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