Problem after problem..

[Idrees]

Alright guys,

My rev counter has decided to cut out. Car was started up while it sat on 900 rpm. Cut it out, started it about 10 minutes later and nil. It doesn't move until I rev it to about 4k rpm. Its kinda 'jerks' and goes back down to nil.

All fuel pump and headunit wires are lose so a short circuit may be possible, but would that relate to the rev cluster?

Any ideas?

Cheers

 

[dac69er]

dodgy connection i would say.

 

[NDR008]

Sounds like a loose earth or loose distributor/ht lead.

And yes it would, recently on my car I ripped an ignition lead, it would idle in neutral fine when under load it would not want to move, leaking all the current to the body. So it is very easy for some loose important connection to do that.

 

[cole]

check the earths idrees evri thing fucks up without them

 

[Idrees]

Thanks for the advice guys

Its working perfectly now. I'm guessing its a loose connection somewhere.

 

[Ben89]

had the car been sat in the rain when all this happens cus it could be water hitting something and shorting down to earth???? alsorts of strange sh*t used to happen with my car in the wet till i fixed it.