850R turbo gauge

Discussion in 'Volvo 850' started by FleebleSquorm, Oct 1, 2005.

  1. FleebleSquorm

    FleebleSquorm Guest

    Hi all,

    When I hoof it in my 850R, my turbo gauge does not go all the way to the
    top. It goes about halfway across the white.

    My question is of course, should the gauge go all the way to the top or is
    there reserve for an even bigger (!) turbo?

    Thanks for your help.
     
    FleebleSquorm, Oct 1, 2005
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  2. FleebleSquorm

    James Sweet Guest


    If it's like the guage in my 740, it only ever goes about halfway through
    the yellow area, older cars had a red area which was later removed but
    normal boost is only about half through the boost area on the guage. If it
    went all the way to the end the overboost switch would cut out, that's bad.
    I'm really not sure why they didn't put some numbers on the guage, but Volvo
    never did use calibrated boost guages so they're not really terribly useful,
    they only show you relative boost so you have to have paid attention to the
    guage when things were working right to know if something is wrong.
     
    James Sweet, Oct 1, 2005
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    Virkon Guest

    Virkon, Oct 5, 2005
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    K Bourke Guest

    K Bourke, Oct 6, 2005
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