Re: Schizophrenic Tachometer

[Rich Deede----TOOL FAN <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

Mine does the same exact thing, My car will be fine then I'll be mindnig
my own business when the idle starts bouncing around.  Then sometimes it
will calm down and other times it won't stop until I shut off the car.  I
am bringing it to a Bosch certified mechanic today to find out what the
deal is, so I let you know what he tells me.


Rich
87 scirocco 16v

On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Jason wrote:

> Hey there...
> 	The weirdest thing about my tach bouncing around is that it would start to
> do it like 10 minutes before the car would start acting up... I'd be
> sitting in traffic, and all of a sudden, I'd see it bounce up in the corner
> of my eye, and I thought I was seeing things, because by the time I looked
> down, it was back to idle..  It didn't take long to figure out that it was
> the precursor of needing to pull over for a few minutes.
> 	The only thing that should be able to have an effect on the tach is
> something electrical, but then again, we do drive Volkswagens, and they are
> alive after all... and each has their own way of telling us when they don't
> feel good.  :o
> 
> 		Talk to y'all later	
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 02:20 AM 12/12/97 EST, you wrote:
> >How's this for figerin';  If the pump was surging and causing a variable load
> >on the available power- would that effect the Late model Tachs?
> >
> >I understand there is an electrical interrelationship with the moter
> managment
> >( He said confidently, as a question ).
> >
> >TBerk
> >the born all over Scirocco driver
> >
> >
> 
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