Revolution Meter Problem. Help Plz!

[nishat]

i was driving around today and did not notice any issues in the morning with the revolution meter.

when i got back into the car in the afternoon, i noticed while driving that my revolution meter was playing up.

it was telling me that i was doing 4 (not sure of the units, i think 4k rev/min) whilst the car was stopped. when i started driving it would start from 4 and go upwards into the red zone, but clearly i was not in that zone.

i turned off the car and put it into the ignition mode and the dial just went spastic, over the red zone, back to zero, just all over the place and then i started that car, same thing. after driving again for a bit it went down to 4 and then started going from there.

what could the problem be as i have no idea what to do apart from taking it to the mechanics but low on the cash these days..

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

also i had a flat this morning and i jump started the car (if that might have anything to do with it)

Edited February 25, 2010 by nishat

[S1LV3RTRACKS]

I had a similar problem with mine. The issue was mine would jump everywhere all the time and never really calm down. I ended up buying another cluster and swapping the tacho unit. Have a look at this thread. I ended up following this post. You might have the same problem as I did, i.e. your tacho unit has become faulty or it may be something deeper. Something I would try is to reset the ECU just in case you confused it when you jump started.

[nishat]

thanks for the advice. really appreciate it, especially the links =)