Car cutting out?

[frp]

Did it twice last nite and twice tonight. Whilst on idle the speedo goes to about 60 and jumps around to about 120 then finally upto 180 and then the engine cuts out? any ideas? very strange :der:
steve

 

[Fusion Ed]

any reported fault codes?

 

[frp]

have nt checked yet. ill have a look later if ive time.
steve

 

[Fast Guy]

Delimiter? 180 is where it would hit the limiter and cut out isn't it?

 

[frp]

Not sure carl, but would that cause the engine to stop when the car is stationary. Im sure you need the patience of a saint to own a pulsar :doh: if its not one thing its another :sad:

steve

 

[ashills]

earth problem maybe

 

[Fast Guy]

Not sure carl, but would that cause the engine to stop when the car is stationary. Im sure you need the patience of a saint to own a pulsar :doh: if its not one thing its another :sad:

steve

If it's idling and it cuts the ignition for a few seconds (like mine did when u/s) it would be long enough to make it stall, but check your earths as well like Ashills suggests.

 

[frp]

carl what's U/S mean?
steve

 

[Jonesy]

fooked :lol:

 

[Fast Guy]

Unserviceable ie fooked

 

[frp]

It went stupid the other night. I started it up and left it to warm up. It cut out but this time the speedo needle stayed at 180 and hasnt come back! has nt cut out again though. This may be the problem i think.
steve

 

[Fusion Ed]

Speedo electronics are independent to the ecu etc. shouldnt be related although some high speed cuts have been shown to be related to the speedo

 

[Fast Guy]

How does the speed cut at 180kmh work? Something must tell the ecu to cut the engine until you slow down? I'm just assuming that it could be the same system working here, ie engine thinks you're going 180kmh and cutting the ignition, even though you're idling?

 

[frp]

ok finally checked for fault codes none, not sure where to go from here?
Steve

 

[antgtir]

Change the speedo and see if it occurs again.

You can always flog on the speedo after you've confirmed or discounted it from the list of potentials.

Ant.