I just received as a gift a 1986 Firebird Pontiac; V8 5.0 more or less?
My question is the RPM doesn't move pass 5 or 8 little lines.
From the bottom upward how or where should I take it too?
To get it to run right? Automatic on floor.
Ernie 562 261 4048 ernestoprmnt@aol.com
2007-11-21 02:29:07 · 4 answers · asked by Ernesto A. G 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Pontiac
Ernesto please elaborate. Does the engine run but won't rev up? Possably clogged cat converter. 1986 car is 22 years old almost anything can be wrong. So first thing I would do is check compression then if good disconnect the exhaut at the manifolds or cat converter and see it it revs up then.
2007-11-22 02:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RPM is rotations per minute... how many time the crank shaft rotates per minute.
If your car drives fine, but the tach (RPM thing) isn't reading higher, it is probably just a problem with the tach it's self. I would check the wire that runs into the transmision that goes to the tach.. there is a small gear on the end that goes into thrte transmission. This is how it reads the RPS's. If this is greek to you, don't try to do it yourself and just take it to a shop.
2007-11-21 10:39:08 · answer #2 · answered by Howie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends might just be the gauge or cable going to the gauge
2007-11-21 10:35:58 · answer #3 · answered by bad bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ahm, excuse me but what is an RPM?
2007-11-21 10:35:32 · answer #4 · answered by AhLcYnC 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋