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Mega squirt question
piddy - 6/4/07 at 02:45 PM

Those with Mega squirt.
What does the KPA show when you turn on the ignition?

tks - 6/4/07 at 02:49 PM

it should show then the barrometic pressure!

sow depending on the weather / altitude
it should show around 1Bar

MegaSquirt samples that sensor once (when it starts the ignition) every normal car has 2 sensors and monitors all the time the second sensor to compensate with VE losses going up mountains / hills etc..

Tks

TangoMan - 6/4/07 at 03:05 PM

It should read atmospheric 100KPa (or depending on height) as there is no manifold vacuum.

piddy - 6/4/07 at 03:10 PM

I'm with you now.
The reason I asked is my car won't start today. When it normally starts the Kpa is about 30 on tick over.

When I turn on the ignition only today it reads 90 (I'm not sure what it normally reads)
This shouldn't be the problem then should it?

the_fbi - 6/4/07 at 06:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by piddy
When I turn on the ignition only today it reads 90 (I'm not sure what it normally reads)
This shouldn't be the problem then should it?

Unfortunately that sounds fine.