Idle At 4000 Rpm?

[fib]

Hi guys!

I've just bought 1995 R33 GTR, my first manual car so I'm still learning how to drive it!

Got it after finally convincing the missus to let me have one, bought the RB26 exactly on my 26th birthday hehe.

The car was imported in 2007 for $28.6k @ 65,000 km, it is nearing the 3 year warranty on it the owner has serviced the car every 5000km/6months to maintain the warranty with receipts to prove it.

I bought it for $18k @ 90,000km.

I have lurked these forums for years pining over buying a skyline.

Anyway, I've got this problem with the car. The rev meter with the engine off and no keys in the ignition is at zero. With the key in and turning on the power but engine still off the revs dance between 3500 to 4000 RPM is that even normal? Something I did not notice when my missus' father was test driving the car. With the engine on the revs start at 4000rpm on idle, yet it doesn't seem like the engine is revving much just purring away like a large vacuum cleaner.

I wonder if the gauge is faulty.

I have read other posts on high idle but people have it at like 1200RPM and want it to go below 1000 - problems with throttle body paper seals, AFMs, hose leaks etc.

Any help appreciated guys I have finally joined the club

Cheers,

fib.

[Nic_A31]

Thats just a tacho out of whack mate, either get it recalibrated, or just pull the dash apart and replace the tacho (easy). Nothing to stress about.

I had this problem a while ago, I fiddle with mine, when I turned the ignittion to "on" but didnt start the engine, the needle would lift itself to 2000rpm, took me a while to fix that about an hour, learnt my lesson

[08r3308]

they are a bit tricky to fix happened to mates gtr too

if you know what you doing should be easy

[Nic_A31]

^^ Yeah, fixing it is possible.

When on, the needle rests at is own "zero", push the needle down, pushing the zero to match up with the 0 display. You'll probably need to gently lift the needle up and over that small pin on the display, to check that the needle's zero isnt below the display zero. Takes some time, doing it this way means you only need to take off the plastic front of the gauge cluster and fiddle. If you can get a hold of a digital tach and tap it into the line, you'll match it up more accurately.

[fib]

Ahhh thanks guys!

It seemed like the car had a mind of its own, wanting to go go go like Herbie hehe

Cheers,

fibbo.