Tacho Meter Playing Up

[DrUsTR]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone is able to advise me on what is wrong with my standard tacho meter. The problem is that it isnt reading the right revs, there are times where it would just be flicking around, other times it would stay at 0 or even pass 9000 rpms. There are also days where it seems to be working fine, but it would only last awhile before it plays up again....

Would anyone have any ideas of why its playing up ?

Would be most apprecitated.

DrUsTR

[lighty01]

either a loose connection on your tacho or your alternater is playing up...

better get it checked mate

[moobaque]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone is able to advise me on what is wrong with my standard tacho meter. The problem is that it isnt reading the right revs, there are times where it would just be flicking around, other times it would stay at 0 or even pass 9000 rpms. There are also days where it seems to be working fine, but it would only last awhile before it plays up again....

Would anyone have any ideas of why its playing up ?

Would be most apprecitated.

DrUsTR

Had exactly the same issue mate,

Its definitely the tacho itself, not the signal to it. I put in a test cluster borrowed off a workshop and fixed the issue. I have since bought a new cluster and everything is peachy. There are automotive gauge repair companies who could no doubt repair your current cluster or you could try and find one second hand?

Now that you have made me think about this again... I still have my old dodgy cluster that i might pull apart at some stage and see if I can find the exact issue.

Cheers

Camden

[DrUsTR]

It doesnt affect my driving, its just that at times it flicks around like no tomorrow... had a mate tell me that it could be a loose connection...

yeah will have a look...

thanks for the tips every1

Cheers,

DrU

[moobaque]

It doesnt affect my driving, its just that at times it flicks around like no tomorrow... had a mate tell me that it could be a loose connection...

yeah will have a look...

thanks for the tips every1

Cheers,

DrU

with my situation (which sounds pretty much the same as yours) the tacho would work perfectly for maybe the first 10-15mins of driving. Then for me if it hit i think about 3500rpm it would almost hold for a second then shoot all of the fkn shop. then once i got past 4500 it would start working correctly again.

I really couldn't see this being a loose connection because for me it was a precise point every time. if for instance it happened at a different point on the tacho or sometimes you could go a whole days driving without the issue then maybe i would be considering that path.

im possibly thinking maybe a dry or dirty joint, perhaps only occurring when a certain frequency or voltage struggles to pass.

Does anyone know what kind of signal the tacho is taking (voltage and/or frequency change)?