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Old 04-22-2009, 08:32 PM
doxland doxland is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Simpler=Better View Post
The EGT gauge is there to help prevent melting your turbo.
I would say the EGT is there to detect poor conditions of combustion resulting from
-Poor atomization (Bad Injector or Delivery Valve)
-Leaking Valve
-Bad Compression
-Overload
-Bad timing
-Poor air supply
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