Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:02:20 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: 9000 turbo - no power
"yaofeng" <yaofengchennospaml.com> wrote in message news:1112111342.863377.108160nospam2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > So you accused me of lying? > > The gage moved. Maybe not all the way to the red. But it did move. > But there was no pick up. Too bad you can not go back in time to > October 2004 to see what it was before it was converted to 5 speed and > before I replaced a turbo. > With a siezed turbo the guage will move as the vacuum will vary, but it'll never move into the boost at all, it'll always stay in the vacuum region. The guage would behave exactly the same if you connected it to the intake manifold of a non turbocharged car. The resting position of the needle when the engine is off is 0 psi, below that point is vacuum, above it is boost.