wildman7798
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My truck has the original 6.9 1st Gen Banks gauge trio on the dash, oil temp (seems to work) runs up to about 150 degrees doing lazy hiway cruising, boost (works good now with all the air leaks fixed) get about 5 to 7 pounds under good empty load. The Pyrometer seems to never move off the 350 degree mark. The manual says 1)"wires touching" or 2)"dirty connections" or 3)"mis-wired crossed connections". I've never seen the gauge work but it looks like the complete Banks install was done well by the PO or his shop so I doubt it's number 3. The factory sheaths seem to cover the visable connection points under the turbo so I doubt it's number 1. That only leaves possible dirty connections, it is a som ***** to get to those wires to take apart connections and I can't imagine the fun I will have if I have to change the probe out. I need to have this working as I want to play with the fuel and generally need to know what my exhaust temp is for obvious reasons. Is there a way to test the Pyro gauge and wiring, short of taking it all out? I would have to assume this kit is in the 20 year old or better range so the probe might have run its life cycle even if it only has 50 or 60k miles on it.