Help Please!

[Hum@nzee]

Hi - I just drove home from work at about 35 MPH, guessing the speed because something has blown. Got no speedo, rev counter, temp guage, clock or trip odo, and when I put my foot down the thing dies to nothing, like a rev limiter or something - I hope its nothing serious - any ideas. The motor seems to be running fine, but when you push the revs it drops to tick over and then picks up and does this repeatedly untill you ease off the pedal! Help please!

John

Edited May 17, 2006 by Hum@nzee

[GoldZilla]

Maybe the alternator?

[Medium Dave]

Sounds like the computer has gone into a 'limp home mode'. would probably take it to a mechanic, hopefully its not too serious, like a faulty sensor, but I wouldnt muck around at this stage.

[Hum@nzee]

panic over - it was a blown fuse!!

very happy!

[EGA41T]

lol, thats a much cheaper fix than you were expecting?

just out of curiousity, which fuse was it?

[AlexCim]

sounded to me like a intercooler hose popped off.

35mph is pretty quick mate, thats like, 50km/h

[Hum@nzee]

It was one of the little red number 10 fuses under the dash below the steering wheel and to the right - about three in from the one end. A mate who's an auto electrician looked for 10 mins and job done. I didn't even ask him I was jumping around because it was fixed!

[AlexCim]

if you need a translation of the fuses, there is a post somewhere on this forum where we had it translated and convereted into a printable sticker thing...

Its useful, ive stuck it over mine...

[EGA41T]

linky?

[Hum@nzee]

found it - saved it - nice one