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Tachometer gone heywire?????????????? V70 awd V70-XC70 1998

posted by  rickansaldo on  Tue Aug 8 16:24 CST 2006
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The tach on my girlfriends 1998 V70 register some really high rpms. She told me when she get on the gas, it doesn't shift until 8000 rpms. I thought she was crazy....drove the car....she is right. But the engine doesn't "sound" like it's reving that much. I thought these things had a rev limiter before 8000. Could the tach just be misregistering? Other times it seems normal.








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    Tachometer gone heywire?????????????? V70 awd V70-XC70 1998

    posted by  KlausC on  Thu Aug 10 07:11 CST 2006
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    You are not nuts, there is a rev limiter and your tach should never exceed 7000.
    Do this at night, with the dash lights at about 50%. If the intensity gets brighter as the rpms go up, you have a voltage regulator problem. Otherwise, you may indeed have a ghost living in your rev counter.

    Klaus
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    (V♂LV♂s 1995 854T, 1998 V70R)







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