spent couple hours today to install my awe tuning center vent boost gauge. Everything well good following instructions. Started car up and boost gauge regestered -18 hg on idlebut under acceleration boost would not go up past zero. Im definately boosting car is running fine. Checked lines could not find a leak or anything or any kinks. Think i may have gotten a shotty gauge and awe isnt in today to awnser any questions. So i put the stock vacuum line back on the manifold for the time being. nothing is ever easy, pretty pissed off anyone have any suggestions what to check THANKS.

 

and gauge doesnt light up either. I know that i can check to see if the hot lead has power but havnt gottento try. Butalmost positive in was installed correctly, got power to headlights?WTF

 

where is your gauge hose hooked up to under the hood?

 

someone didnt install something right.

 

lol that hose should go to the fpr, and it should light up, especially if you read the instructions and install it in the place they tell you to. Its actaully not difficult, but yeah i dunno about your psi thats weird.

 

Lots of people have had bad luck installing it at the fpr. People have had best luck following APR's instructions: http://goapr.com/Audi/support/boost_gauge_pod.pdf

Best to install the T fitting/line at the front of the intake mani like those instructions^
People have had the same problem as you are having by hooking up to the fpr. Good luck

 

tee fitting was installed at intake manifold seen in picture. Had tee with brass reducer (on gauge line) installed than hose run through ecu compartment and beneath the steerring column and to the back of the gauge. Seems pretty straight forward what could the problem be. the tee fitting they gave with the kit seems pretty shittty plastic tee and while removing the tee to put the stock vac line on i broke off one end. Do they make any better tees, brass or something? There is also a inline air filter i installed onthe hose underneath the sterrng column, there is an arrow on the gauge, i was figuring having the arrowinthe direction of the gauge (directions did not state anything about this). I turned the filter around still with no difference.

 

Most of the "T" are about the same.

Now what is this "inline air filter"? There should be nothing inline with the boost gauge.

Power for the light comes from under the dash in the power distribution block. Red wire goes there. Black wire goes to ground, make sure there is no paint around the ground wire.

If you want to test the gauge, hook it up directly under the hood. Start the car & rev the engine a bit, it should move. Most of the time you are under 0 on the gauge. It only goes over to boost when you are really on the throttle.

 

yeah awe tuning gives you an inline air filter, they say its to iliminate any buzzing that may occur

 

That's weird, I just put in my AWE gauge 2 weeks ago & there was no filter.

That little brass thing in the T fitting is suppose to stop the buzzing.