Re: RPM dive

[Edward J Lin <ejl9@cornell.edu>]

what happened was the tach took a dive as well as the engine, as 
if someone cut the sparks, then turned it on again, allowing the car to 
catch.  has this happened to anyone?  eric mentioned the coil...i assume this
means the ignition coil.  i thought this was only pertinent to starting the 
car... am i wrong?  could it be a distributor and/or wire problem?  thanks 
for any thoughts you may have on this issue.

>> 1) while i was driving around today, my rpm took a dove then shot back up.
>> i thought nothing of it since i had a fuel pump fuse problem before.  but a
>> couple of moments later, my car stalled forcing me to pull to the side of
>> the road.  when i tried starting it up, it would crank but wouldn't catch a
>> bit.  it's not the fuel pump fuse.  i was thinking of the gas pressure
>> valve (?) on the gas tank.  any ideas?
>
>Was it your tachometer that dropped to zero?  If it was, that means your
>coil stopped firing....my car did that exact same thing...replaced the
>coil and everything was right as rain...
>
>Eric

~ED

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