Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

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Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Mark Elvin » Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:28 am

On occasion I notice the rev counter is a little lazy on tickover. Sometime it fails so move, sometimes is displays 200rpm or so, other times it's just fine & dandy.

Wondered is anyone else had experienced similar & what the fix was?
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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Mark Elvin » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:14 am

Doing some more research, it could be the NE sensor, especially as it's close to the fuel pump & I've recently had the pump back plate seals done.
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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Bob » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:24 am

Had this twice on BL motors, both times it was the alternator saying, "Goodbye".
Take a torch, toilet roll, and tea bags.

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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Mark Elvin » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:19 am

Bob wrote:Had this twice on BL motors, both times it was the alternator saying, "Goodbye".
It is quite squeely at the moment.
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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Northern Bongolow » Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:25 am

im with bob on this one but you could check the sensor mentioned. mine started acting weird so i checked and cleaned the connection, still the same so i removed the bolt and pulled it out, it was full off oil behind it, cleaned it and the socket , refit it, its been good ever since.
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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Mark Elvin » Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:38 am

Popped the sensor off, there was a load of crud on it, cleaned it, sorted. :D

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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Bob » Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:30 am

Proper Job. :D
Take a torch, toilet roll, and tea bags.

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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Northern Bongolow » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:01 pm

i love a cheap fix meeeeeeeee. 8)
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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Ian » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:56 pm

Mark Elvin wrote:Doing some more research, it could be the NE sensor, especially as it's close to the fuel pump & I've recently had the pump back plate seals done.
Can someone point me to the correct Lush page for the NE sensor? And what does NE stand for?
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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by Bob » Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:15 pm

Take a torch, toilet roll, and tea bags.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hcF9JSxkUSE
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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by mikeWalsall » Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:57 pm

JAL Mushroom roof,12/240v, fridge, cooker, sink, LPG V6 .. (written off @ £5500 Nov 2016)
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Re: Lazy Rev Counter At Tickover

Post by mikeWalsall » Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:13 pm

Q: My rev counter is dropping to zero intermittently. Is there a particular faulty sensor that would cause this to happen? (Iain from Maidenhead)

A: Tom replies: I had these symptoms and in my case it was a defective switch on the cambelt housing which senses the revs, it is a Mazda part, generator pulse WL0120H10B. Or there could be a loose wire/bad earth problem, check the connections behind the face, the red wire to the alternator and the sender unit from the diesel pump. (Allans Vehicle Services).
JAL Mushroom roof,12/240v, fridge, cooker, sink, LPG V6 .. (written off @ £5500 Nov 2016)
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