1.5 bar on boost gauge?

[Kneale Brownson]

Check Scott Mockry's wonderful 
website   <   http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/    >   for diagnosis of 
overboost circumstances.



At 01:00 AM 02/23/2001 -0500, Calvin Krug wrote:

>Earlier this week, I was passing an SUV in my 200Q, and thought I saw 1.5 
>on the  boost gauge for a second.  I was pretty that couldn't be true, 
>becuse it had never happened before, and I thought they cut off at 
>1.4.  But then it happened again today.  Not that I'm complaining if I'm 
>getting a ittle extra boost, but maybe the gauge is a little optimistic.
>One other odd thing - sometimes when the engine is cold, the car is hard 
>to start, and then run a little rough for 30 seconds or so, and when it 
>does this, sometimes the brake lamp stays on, only dim.  As soon as I 
>drive a few hundred feet and the car starts to run better, the light goes 
>out.  What's with that?
>
>Calvin Krug
>--
>  I assume full responsibility for my actions, except the ones that
>are someone else's fault.
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