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Postby lowmiata » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:59 am

JBT wrote:
@ WOT it will read high as your sucking lots of air

@ Idle it will show close to 0 as your sucking very little at cruise depending on gear/rpm it will be in the middle

Other way around LM. High vac at idle and over run, low vac at WOT.


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Postby Ajay » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:57 am

oh good i installed it correctly :lol: i kind of had a feeling thats what it was doing..

is it used to sort of control fuel consumption by keeping the needle off 0??..


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Postby Gazbo » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:02 pm

My 1982 VH Commodore (6 cylinder auto) had an \"economy\" gauge in place of a tacho, really a vacuum gauge is disguise.
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Postby marcusus » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:11 pm

What on earth does WOT stand for? I can't for the life of me work it out... I'm sure it's something obvious that will make me feel a right fool once I find out.
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Postby AJ » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:14 pm

wide open throttle........ :lol:
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Postby KAM » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:32 pm

JBT wrote:Yep, some people have such a lack of mechanical empathy and common sense that they'd need an automatic engine shutdown device to save them.


Reminds me of my Auntie about 30 years ago.
Uncle is a mechanic with a worked 192 HR
Auntie out driving it one day sees the Oil light come on and the Gauge drop to Zero.
Rings the Uncle at work to tell him about it.
Ok he sais where are you I'll come and check it out.
Oh its alright dear I drove it home (30Km) :roll:
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