My filter is right in front of the battery. Interesting that a few people are reporting the same issues but in email Winston made it seem like they never have issues. Still can't get a call back after leaving 2 messages.
Its a long shot but maybe the heat of the engine bay is screwing with the filter and causing issues :iono:
I read somewhere that its recommended to put the filter and boost reading in the engine cabin. I have both the filter and reader in the cabin and have no issues.
I doubt that is your problem but maybe its worth a shot :iono:
I just pulled the line from the sender unit and started up the car and got a nice strong sunction from the line so I don't believe its the filter. I think the sender just crapped out.
My filter is right in front of the battery. Interesting that a few people are reporting the same issues but in email Winston made it seem like they never have issues. Still can't get a call back after leaving 2 messages.
Guys.. you may need to move it under the dash. I mounted mine, at first, in the engine bay. I drove it, it worked great. I parked it, the heat built up under the hood and melted it. I had to go buy a new filter from the auto store. Take your filter off.. try blowing through it.. Can you? I'm not saying this is necessarily causing the weird problems you have, and maybe by now he switched to a different filter for all I know, but I'm just giving you a warning...
I'm still getting suction(strong) through mine at idle, my filter does look different, it's all clear. If they wanted installed inside then the instructions and included tubing lengths are wrong. They give you a fairly short clear line to go from the tap to the filter and then a very long black line to go from the filter to the sender.
Box up the piece of crap, get a tracking number to confirm it was delivered...call your credit card company and explain the situation and they'll issue you a refund and they'll deal w/Winston.
Update:
About two weeks ago I decided to keep calling and finally got through. Winston apologized and said they were backed up only having two people to do phones. He gave me a rma number and I sent it away and recieved a new sender in the mail today. I plugged it in and I am back functional. Hopefully they can remedy their customer service issues and be more timely as they offer a unique product. I'm still not sure I will go with them again given my experience but at least I will consider them.