need help rpm guage quit on me
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need help rpm guage quit on me
the previous owner installed a raptor shift light on the car im thinking that where he tapped into the pcm might have came loose.. can anyone think of another reason on why the rpm guage would stop working?
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that's kinda hard to say without seeing the wiring. Can you trace the shift light wiring and see where it goes? Different people tap in to different places so it's hard to say where to check. I'm guessing he tapped in near the PCM ('cos it's a '02) so check there first. When you find it disconnect it and see if the tach. works. If it's not that, you're gonna have to go looking and it's a PITA 'cos it uses a serial data line and that line is spliced on to every control unit and any one of them may be causing the issue. Any other gauges not working/warning lights illuminated? Reason being, that I recently diagnosed/fixed a car that had the Tach/fuel/ABS lights issue and traced it to the EBCM that had an internal short and was back-feeding the serial data line slice pack, so anything connected to that node was going crazy!
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no all other guages work properly every now and then my trac control goes off when i didnt push the button but thats no big deal to me an yes i can see where he spliced into the pcm.. so i should disconnect that and see if the tach works and if it doesnt thats my problem? im sorry when it comes to wiring im a dumbass never messed with wiring before
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the rpm guage used to not work when i would start the car but would start to work about a min after it was started ... then just quit working all together yall think that could be the cps? or something shorted out?
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car was a throwing a o2 code before so if it was i dont know.. right now i got the heads and intake off due to a collapsed lifter so i will go ahead and replace the cps since it can get to it very easily and hope thats the problem