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How can I troubleshoot a dead tachometer in a 1998 Toyota Carolla?

My daughter bought a 1998 Carolla with a manual transmission. All the gauges work fine except the tachometer. I used a BlueDriver to get the ODB2 data and it shows the RPMs in live mode (I'm guessing ...
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My bike has a strange problem involving the lateral stand

I have a pretty old Kawasaki ZZR 250 and it has a strange "starting" problem that manifested over the last two years: If it's hot outside, in summer season for example, the bike has no ...
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2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Driving 40 mph, motor doesn't cut off but tachometer drops to 0 rpm then goes back up. No engine light

Have been having trouble also with losing power at idle or slowing. No coughing, sputtering or anything. Everything just shuts down. It will start right up after. Have been driving with the ...
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Hyundai i10 EPS error

I was driving my 2008 Hyundai i10 (1.1-litre IRDE) when suddenly the steering became very hard and the EPS warning light turned on. Later I realized that the tachometer had also conked out. I ...
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Replacing a 1985 Fiero GT Tachometer

I am working on a 85 Fiero GT which has had its tachometer go bad. I have managed find the signal wire coming from the Ignition coil producing AC voltage bottoming out a 7v while idling, increasing ...
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Tachometer/Speedometer drop to zero and engine wont accelerate

today my car had the following problem: I was driving with about 80 km/h (ca. 50 mph) when suddenly my Motor didn't react to the gas-penal anymore and I wasn't able to accelerate. The tachometer and ...
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Is 4000 RPM a normal rpm for a diesel school bus at 55 mph?

I have a Thomas 1991 school bus (36K gvwr) with a CAT 3116 engine and an Allison MT 643 transmission. I purchased it quite recently and when driving it on the highway, the engine RPMs are at 4000 ...
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Overlay tachometer with clutch plate RPM

I've been thinking about this for manual transmissions, to ease RPM matching. Has anyone ever seen an additional dial (on the same tachometer) that shows the clutch plate RPM? In order to match RPM, ...
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Is it 27K or 271K km?

The owner of this car says that his car has 27 thousand KM but to me it looks like 271 thousand km. Am I mistaken or he?
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Squealing and uneven idle, then tachometer drops to zero but engine keeps running

When I start my car, a belt seems to slip and then the tachometer reads zero RPM but the engine keeps running, but has weak power and only runs at low RPM. Any idea what's going on? The Symptoms: ...
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Tachometer Oscillating in Cold Weather

My 2012 Mazda3 appears to have some engine difficulty in cold weather (below 10F) when at operating temperature. As I hold the gas pedal steady to maintain speed, the tachometer will jump back and ...
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2013 Hyundai Elantra Speedometer, Odometer, Tach, and Gas gauge have stopped working

I am new to this site and found that someone has previously asked this question, but they did not indicate if they ever found a fix for the problem. Their post is here How Do Get My 2011 Hyundai ...
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Why are tachometers scaled in tens of hundreds?

I live in Europe, but I think it's not really relevant. Personally I use japanese car, which always have the rev-counter scaled in thousands: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.. However, often you can see cars with RPM ...
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How do I remove a tachometer cable from a motorcycle engine?

I am trying to remove the engine from a 1978 Yamaha XS400. The tachometer cable goes directly into the top of the engine - I'm guessing it runs off a worm gear on camshaft. There is a screw at a 90 ...
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Why Tachometer shows idle RPM range instantly when closing the throttle and clutching

I have studied that, RPM is the measure of how fast the Crank Shaft is rotating. Lets consider the following case. You are riding in some speed which shows the engine at 5000 RPM. Now you are ...
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Tachometer reading fluctuates at constant engine load/speed

The car in question is a 93 Miata, the tachometer needle fluctuates very randomly at random times (did it while idling and while I was driving). But the engine load does not change, it is the gauge it ...
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Connecting to the Battery During Emissions Testing to Measure RPMs?

When doing emissions testing, they connect to the battery, either directly, or using the cigarette lighter socket. I'm assuming that this is to measure the RPMs, as the only other thing connected ...
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Checking the motor's RPM without an in-dash tach

I'm going to be doing a carb rebuild this weekend on an 84 Ranger. The truck doesn't have a tach, but I'll be needing to read the RPMs to properly adjust the carb once its rebuilt. Is there a way of ...
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How does the tachometer on my dashboard actually work?

Recently, I asked a question about the speedometer, how it works and how accurate it is. But that got me thinking... how does the rest of the dash actually work? I understand that the RPM measurement ...
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