K+N filter oil clogged up my Westach Turbo Gauge.

[RobbyRam]

My Westach turbo gauge will only show about 6 psi max(tested another gauge that shows 28psi) since I installed a K&N filter in the OEM box. I'm guessing the red K&N oil clogged it up?? Anybody else have this problem? Truck otherwise runs great!

 

[hammong]

Where did you make your tap for the boost gauge? On my truck, I tapped the metal horn leading into the intake manifold. I would think it's impossible to clog up a boost gauge with K&N oil, unless you sprayed it directly up the boost line.



A more likely situation is that you've blown a hose, or have a kink in the boost line itself leading to the gauge. A more rare case would be a ruptured diaphgram in the gauge itself, but I think you could hear it hissing if you put your ear to it then.



Greg

 

[illflem]

If K&N oil plugged up yor gauge I'd hate to think what it did to your inner cooler. If you over oiled the filter your turbo blades should be an oily mess also.

 

[Archive]

If you have that much oil in your intake system it came from the seal behind the turbocharger compressor wheel.