Ecoboost performance pack swap not reading boost

[Carfanatic]

I swapped my vaccume performance pack gauges for the eco boost ones as I thought it would read the boost on my procharger. I have a 2019 bullit and it’s not reading boost. Is there a trick to get it to read?

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[Jackson1320]

do you have the boost/vacuum turned on? you probably need forscan to turn it on

 

[Carfanatic]

No that what I wondered. Everyone said it was plug and play but mine doesn’t read.

 

[Jackson1320]

you need the boost/vacuum turned on. do you have a boost gauge on the cluster

 

[Darthy Jo]

IDK about the EB one. Is it mechanical? Could duct tape a vacuum cleaner to it or something to check that it's working.

 

[Jackson1320]

IDK about the EB one. Is it mechanical? Could duct tape a vacuum cleaner to it or something to check that it's working.

not mechanical

 

[Mr. Met]

I installed the boost gauge in my GT and it was plug-and-play. Never heard of having to change any settings.

 

[Jackson1320]

I installed the boost gauge in my GT and it was plug-and-play. Never heard of having to change any settings.

did you have a boost/vacuum gauge on the cluster or just a vacuum gauge? if you only have a vacuum gauge in the gauge cluster then the data is not turned on and none of the factory gauges will show boost even if you add a ecoboost boost gauge

 

[Zrussian13]

Mine was plug in play on a hellion set up too.

 

[Jackson1320]

Mine was plug in play on a hellion set up too.

if your car has the data turned on then it's plug and play. if not then you need forscan so you can turn it on. one way to know if the data is turned on is to check your gauge cluster. if it can read boost/vacuum it's on. if it only reads vacuum it's off

 

[Mr. Met]

did you have a boost/vacuum gauge on the cluster or just a vacuum gauge? if you only have a vacuum gauge in the gauge cluster then the data is not turned on and none of the factory gauges will show boost even if you add a ecoboost boost gauge

Cluster just shows vacuum. I did research before buying it last year and never read anything that said any settings needed to be changed. Like I said, I installed the gauge in my GT and it was plug-and-play.

 

[Jackson1320]

Cluster just shows vacuum. I did research before buying it last year and never read anything that said any settings needed to be changed. Like I said, I installed the gauge in my GT and it was plug-and-play.

are you running a supercharger?

 

[Zrussian13]

if your car has the data turned on then it's plug and play. if not then you need forscan so you can turn it on. one way to know if the data is turned on is to check your gauge cluster. if it can read boost/vacuum it's on. if it only reads vacuum it's off

There's no vacuum gauge in the cluster. 19' base with pp1. The only vac gauge was the pp1 gauge in the center of the dash.

 

[Mr. Met]

are you running a supercharger?

I am. Why would you even want a boost gauge if you didn't have a supercharger or a turbo?

There's no vacuum gauge in the cluster. 19' base with pp1. The only vac gauge was the pp1 gauge in the center of the dash.

Maybe it has something to do with the digital dash because I have a vacuum gauge in the cluster.

 

[Jackson1320]

There's no vacuum gauge in the cluster. 19' base with pp1. The only vac gauge was the pp1 gauge in the center of the dash.

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