I am looking for a fuel pressure gauge for my 05 ecotec. Will this one be an easy install? It seems to be as simple as hooking up the appropriate lines, and running the wires in my cabin.

Anyone ever used this one? MK 1 Fuel pressure gauge.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MK1-SMOKE-LENS-ELECTRIC-FUEL-PRESSURE-GAUGE-SENDER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem5635b6c61eQQitemZ370268358174QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessorie s

Any other ones you reccomend? Besides autometer.

come on guys. I know SOMEONE has an opinion on this.

most guys buy mechanical gauges because those electrical senders suck, the mechanical one is better if they have one they usually don't have them in all gauges usually the popular ones



JBO since July 30, 2001

Thanks for the input "NOTa2_4"

Why do the electrical ones suck? I assumed the electrical ones were more accurate.

I have a stewart warner gauge and it seems to work well. The sender is fairly large and I had to bend my fuel line a bit so it wouldn't hit the hood with an 02 fuel rail. It fit on my 03 rail fine though. You will need an adaptor if your going to use the schrader valve. I think the mechanical ones are a little more accurate because there ussually mounted directly on the rail, I like the electical ones because you can have the gauge in the car.

The electric sending units are usually less accurate than mechanical from my experience.

not by much, the only real problem with them is compared to a mechanical one the electric ones have a lag time if you wanna call it that. it wont pick up little fluctuations as easily as a mechanical one


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Wait.... so the only way to get the gauge inside my cabin is to get an electrical one?

my goal here is to get live feedback of fuel pressure while i'm driving (and spraying)

Mo Joe wrote:Wait.... so the only way to get the gauge inside my cabin is to get an electrical one?

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You could run some sort of fuel line into your car, or get a pressure isolator to run a less dangerous fluid into the cab to hook uo to the gauge.

Be careful with those tinted gauges,i bought some for my truck,and couldn't see crap during the day.The glare wouldn't allow me to see what the gauge was saying,so my advice keep them mounted low in the cabin,less chance of glare.

OK, but can i mount a mechanical one inside my cabin?

OBV i can't run a fuel line inside my car. So is my only option an electrical?

Don't they both come with sending units? Isn't a sending unit the device that transfers the psi to a readable signal for the gauge to mount in the cabin?

You can, but you really shouldn't...the sender for a mechanical one is full of fluid...leaking in the cabin is no bueno.

i ran an autometer mechanical one in my cabin for years by running a fuel line to it. but u can buy a stainless steel line for it which makes it much safer.


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