2005 Mustang GT. Couldn't figure out why I was running a little lean

bigwilly43729 · 10-12-2009

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Originally Posted by stlwagon

I suppose I should upgrade but I just don't feel like it now, especially since I just dropped another $300 on new fuel rails.

Ouch! What kind of rails did you get for that price?

Rockin' Blue's · 10-12-2009

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Originally Posted by stlwagon

Actually I won't take the blame on this one. The line just snapped in half. It wasn't pinched. I have no idea what happened.

I bet your wife saw the UPS driver again and decided to take some action

Brent05redfire · 10-12-2009

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Originally Posted by stlwagon

For the last few days I've noticed that I was running a little on the lean side and couldn't figure out why. Today I look down at my boost gauge and it's stuck on 0. Checked the connection under the hood and it was fine. Then I pulled the gauge out of the vent pod and the gauge and about a foot of vacuum line came out. Seems it just snapped off for some reason. At least now I know why I was running lean.

wow....that sucks...and I mean that in both senses of the word.

**stlwagon** · 10-13-2009

Autometer is going to send me a replacement tubing kit for free.

**stlwagon** · 10-16-2009

New line and fittings arrive yesterday. A big thumbs-up to Autometer!

Brent05redfire · 10-16-2009

the squeaky wheel gets the grease. is that all it took was putting a call into Autometer to get the free tubing kit?

Mr. Ugly · 10-16-2009

Another thing to keep an eye on...

I'm running an Autometer Sport Comp vac/boost gauge.

While poking around in the engine compartment a couple days ago, I noticed that the little rubber adapter that goes from the plastic tubing to the vacuum tee is starting to show some cracks.

The gauge has been installed less than a year.

**stlwagon** · 10-16-2009

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Originally Posted by Brent05redfire

the squeaky wheel gets the grease. is that all it took was putting a call into Autometer to get the free tubing kit?

Actually just an email and they hooked me up.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Ugly

Another thing to keep an eye on...

I'm running an Autometer Sport Comp vac/boost gauge.

While poking around in the engine compartment a couple days ago, I noticed that the little rubber adapter that goes from the plastic tubing to the vacuum tee is starting to show some cracks.

The gauge has been installed less than a year.

Great... Something else.