Tachometer Error?

by **x61485x** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:00 pm

Hey everyone,

I bought my Solara last year with under 50K on it. It's a 1999 SLE V6 Auto, and now its a little over 80K. I was so excited when I was buying the car that I didn't notice that there was something wrong with the tach.

It shoots all the way up to 9,000 RPM

. Now I don't believe the engine is ACTUALLY revving up to 9,000 (I HOPE NOT). I think the Tachometer is just calibrated wrong? Does anyone know what could have caused this problem? And how to fix it?

Thanks!

by **Yanks0114** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:02 pm

Impossible, the tach stops at 8000, and fuel cut is 6350 (or around there)

by **Mole** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:09 pm

someone put installed your tach upsidedown.

by **geminimouse** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:20 pm

u didn't notice there was a problem with the tach for a year?
when does it actually shoot up to 9k rpms? right when u step on the accelerator?

or u should try to take it out of park or neutral and stop revving ur engine...
and did u know that the pedal doesn't have to be depressed all the way down for the car to accerlate...

by **bluesolara** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:35 pm

Mole wrote:someone put installed your tach upsidedown.

Probably something wrong with needle or something, take it to a dealership or shop, they'll look over it for free and most likely fix for free too.

by **dominoSLEV6** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:52 pm

YEah, in the auto Solara in "D" you shouldn't be able to shoot past just above 6k, the car won't let you. In manumatic mode, with the delay of the shift I accidently ran my old Solara well into the 7k RPM range, but I don't think the tach even goes past 8. Someone may have swapped out your gauge cluster

at some point in time, either that or there's a major mechanical/electrical problem. I've never heard of this as an inherant problem with our cars, you may want to take it by Toyota and see what they have to say about it. Does it do it in every gear, or just in certain situations?

-chris

by **x61485x** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:17 am

first of all, thanks for all the helpful input...

maybe i didn't explain my problem clearly enough, sorry

.

The engine runs fine, and I don't abuse my tranny...lol

On a cold day, the car will idle with the tach at 2K, then slowly come down to about 1K. When I give it gas, rpms will climb steadily until it hits 9K, and then shift to the next gear. That only happens when i'm trying to go fast, when i'm cruising, it'll shift at a lower rpm, like 6K-ish.

by **ThatVietGuy** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:26 am

Shifting at 6K isn't abusing your tranny? :lol:

by **Yanks0114** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:25 am

x61485x wrote:
On a cold day, the car will idle with the tach at 2K, then slowly come down to about 1K. When I give it gas, rpms will climb steadily until it hits 9K, and then shift to the next gear. That only happens when i'm trying to go fast, when i'm cruising, it'll shift at a lower rpm, like 6K-ish.

You know that 9k = 9,000RPM as in 3000RPM above the redline for the solara.

Troll Alert Troll Alert :evilbat:

by **IPg35coupe** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:51 am

just cuz he has 3 posts and something is wrong w/ his solara makes him a troll? geez... you guys need to chill...

oh this is my 1st post so im a troll too...

by **orangebook** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:13 am

hey first of all.
"u didn't notice there was a problem with the tach for a year? "
i guess he didnt want to hurt his new car. i mean solara isnt a freakn race car.
second.
"Shifting at 6K isn't abusing your tranny?"
so u never been up to 6k rpm...

this forum is a joke. tryn to be all smart? stfu.
my friend had a same problem with his old ass CRX.
he blew his engine after reving too high.
the needle actually passes the max level. actually my
other friends Jeep does that too.
u guys aint mechanics, dunn bust out your
"oh i kno everything bout this car" thing.

I dunno whats wrong, but im sure its not his fault, and
im sure u guys would understand that.

by **x61485x** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:45 am

OH WAIT, SORRY MY FAULT...I didn't know my dad swapped it with a F20C :crazyeyes:

WOW....
WAY TO MAKE A NEW GUY FEEL WELCOME... :evil:

Here's for the skeptics
turn up the sound and you can hear my engine...

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/?v=Ld64rww9R5c

Need any more proof?

Thanks to those who really tried to help

by **SolaraGuy22** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:56 am

Damn there's a lot of newbies on this thread. Anyways, good job on proving your point. Hope everything works out for you.

Since we're all flaming the new guys, IPg35coupe your avatar is too big.

by **IPg35coupe** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:07 am

hahaha OOOPZ!

by **SC V6** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:48 am

I'd say check the camshaft position sensor... that is where your tach gets its reading... the sensor might be worn... camshaft position sensors go bad naturally... on the V6 its located around the front of the car on the block

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