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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 03:41 PM
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with the car in park I seen the rpms go to 2 then drop to 1 costantly, the car is reving up and down just sittiing there, i hit the brakes hard the car rpms drops to zero then cuts off but if i hit the gas then it doesnt cut off. if i tapon the brakes and coem to a stop it doesn't cut off
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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Maybe a bad tach? Did you get a cel?
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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So it's surging?
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 06:34 AM
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whats a bad tach? it surges as soon as I cut the car on
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 06:45 AM
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The tach is inside the cluster housing and can be swapped out. Over time, the units will fail and can be replaced with a different unit. My speedo went bad and I just got a different speedo and it started working again.
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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I got a new speed sensor two weeks ago problem still happens.. can this be symptoms of a bad ignition module or fuel pressure regulator?
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