Why gauges
#12
08-21-2007, 04:40 PM
Diesel Wrench
My truck is bone stock, with the exception of gauges, a missing silencer ring and a straight pipe.. no boxes, no nothing, and the first mod I did was gauges, and I am glad that I did. If I am towing a heavy load up the mountain where I live, my EGT's will get really warm, and I do have to back off.. The truck has the power to tow as fast as I want, but I don't really need things blowing up, or melting.
Scott
Scott
#13
08-21-2007, 09:01 PM
Diesel Bomber
Personally I think guages should be the first mod anybody makes to any truck and it's insane that they don't come stock with them. But if they did I wouldn't trust the stock guages anyway. They come with a oil pressure guage and it is useless. If you have ever hooked a real guage up to your fuel pressure line and compared it to the stock guage, it's not even in the ballpark.
Although the primary need for guages is to keep you from pushing the truck over the limit's and knowing where those limit's are, they are also an invaluable tool for diagnosing problems and seeing malfunctions before they leave you stranded and lead to bigger issues.
Although the primary need for guages is to keep you from pushing the truck over the limit's and knowing where those limit's are, they are also an invaluable tool for diagnosing problems and seeing malfunctions before they leave you stranded and lead to bigger issues.
#14
08-22-2007, 08:22 AM
GRI, its a control thing, men like to be in control and part of being in control is knowing what exactly is goin on - hence gauges for our diesels. 
I don't have any performance stuff that will melt my turbo or lift my heads but i didn't know that untill i pushed it hard with the different mods while watching them temps and pressures.
If nothing else, its just interesting to see whats going on inside yer motor when driving under different circumstances. Winter or summer, pulling different sized loads up different grades at different speeds etc.
Since i have gauges, i know that I can pull my 8k lb. 5er, up the Arbuckle Mts. at 75 mph with the go peddal stuck on the floor, being 102* outside, my tunner ini tow/haul mode, without getting over 1040* EGTs.
I would not have known this without a guage and I would wonder everytime i pulled a grade if i was about to melt my turbo.
I don't have any performance stuff that will melt my turbo or lift my heads but i didn't know that untill i pushed it hard with the different mods while watching them temps and pressures.
If nothing else, its just interesting to see whats going on inside yer motor when driving under different circumstances. Winter or summer, pulling different sized loads up different grades at different speeds etc.
Since i have gauges, i know that I can pull my 8k lb. 5er, up the Arbuckle Mts. at 75 mph with the go peddal stuck on the floor, being 102* outside, my tunner ini tow/haul mode, without getting over 1040* EGTs.
I would not have known this without a guage and I would wonder everytime i pulled a grade if i was about to melt my turbo.
Last edited by CHenry; 08-22-2007 at 08:25 AM.
#15
08-22-2007, 08:49 AM
Diesel Bomber
i'm with the other guys on this. if nothing else, just your basic boost and pyro gauges give you excellent diagnosis information. you see it so often where guys will start a thread and many times the first person to reply will ask what the boost/egt readings are. i wouldn't have even known mine truck was having an issue with egt's without my gauge. it runs fine and starts fine and there's no evidence of a problem unless you look at my pyro. and my truck is barely bombed. no sir, i wouldn't go without them for a day. it's ridiculous these manufacturers don't provide them. of course, if they did, they'd probably be useless like all your other stock gauges.
#16
08-22-2007, 11:17 AM
Diesel Bomber
Most people have said it already but if you don't ever plan on doing anything to the truck you should still consider a Fuel Pressure gauge because the stock lift pump is generally considered junk. Whereby this piece fails and the injection pump then conveniently goes further south then Mexico and you are left with a rather large paper weight.
Before you do any fueling mod of any kind you really need to consider a FP and EGT gauge to keep things in line. Failure to do so, you are asking for trouble.
Before you do any fueling mod of any kind you really need to consider a FP and EGT gauge to keep things in line. Failure to do so, you are asking for trouble.
#17
08-22-2007, 11:49 AM
Most people have said it already but if you don't ever plan on doing anything to the truck you should still consider a Fuel Pressure gauge because the stock lift pump is generally considered junk. Whereby this piece fails and the injection pump then conveniently goes further south then Mexico and you are left with a rather large paper weight.
Before you do any fueling mod of any kind you really need to consider a FP and EGT gauge to keep things in line. Failure to do so, you are asking for trouble.
Before you do any fueling mod of any kind you really need to consider a FP and EGT gauge to keep things in line. Failure to do so, you are asking for trouble.
so very true though
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