Run engine without gauges?

[mdadgar]

Anyone know if a Cobalt (2013 A25, in my case) will fire up and run without the factory gauges plugged in?

I want to get my gauges refurbished (faded LCDs) but the Gaugesavers.com lead time is 4-5 weeks, so that's also in the window that I need to get the boat serviced and stuff.

Thanks!

- Mark

[NautiGirl]

Never tried it, but I dont see why they wouldn't.

Our Garmin's take some time to boot up....so each start up the engine is running for a bit without the gauges being up and fully working.

I would be concerned not being able to monitor items like engine temp fuel and RPM but I believe the engine will run fine w/o them.

Unplug them and start it up prior to pulling them and shipping them out?

[mdadgar]

Our Garmin's take some time to boot up....so each start up the engine is running for a bit without the gauges being up and fully working.

Excellent point.

Unplug them and start it up prior to pulling them and shipping them out?

This is probably the thing to do.

I was just wondering how integrated they actually are, but it sounds like "not very."

Thanks!

[bruceb58]

When I was having issues with my Garmins, I just used my laptop hooked with my Rinda software to monitor the engine.