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tachometer

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:49 pm
by snakes46
:?:The tacho on my 2.5d manual has started to flutter on long journeys anyone have any ideas?

Snakes.

Re: tachometer

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:52 pm
by missfixit70
Has it been chipped to read MPH? that often causes problems.

Re: tachometer

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:28 pm
by aitch
The tacho
are you talking rpm (tacho)
or mph (speedo)??

Re: tachometer

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:44 pm
by missfixit70
Tacho is a speedo Aitch, at least it is to my understanding

Re: tachometer

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:59 pm
by bigdaddycain
Every blue moon my speedo flutters, flies to the top of the gauge, drops back to zero, then resumes at the correct speed.. This all takes place in a matter of a second. I suspect my speedo chip, but the problem is too intermittent to bother replacing it.

Re: tachometer

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:54 pm
by dandywarhol
missfixit70 wrote:Tacho is a speedo Aitch, at least it is to my understanding
Tachometer is the correct name for a rev counter. A proper rev counter counts revs, a tachometer reads them out in revs/min. 8)

Re: tachometer

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:12 am
by missfixit70
In that case I stand corrected, I've always taken it that a tacho, as in a tachograph as well, reads/records speed.

Re: tachometer

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:38 am
by scanner
missfixit70 wrote:In that case I stand corrected, I've always taken it that a tacho, as in a tachograph as well, reads/records speed.
It depends who you're talking with - anybody who drives a vehicle with a "Spy in the cab" will use "Tacho" for Tachograph.

Talk with anybody in motorsport circles and "Tacho" will be taken to mean Tachometer.

As for the truckies who drive the trucks that carry the racing cars - they must just get very confused.

Re: tachometer

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:00 am
by aitch
I have always read tachometer as the correct name for a rev counter.

but understand the confusion with tachograph :roll:

sorry to have muddied the waters Kirsty.

Re: tachometer

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:37 pm
by missfixit70
If it is the rev counter that's causing the problem - this may help - http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... er#p220524

Re: tachometer

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:50 pm
by dandywarhol
aitch wrote:I have always read tachometer as the correct name for a rev counter.

but understand the confusion with tachograph :roll:

sorry to have muddied the waters Kirsty.
I think Mexicans also use it in their weightwatchers programme as a food consumption diagram :-"