Thread: over reving

1st thing I'd check is your tail lights. I had a stop light that kept blowing (water was in the housing) Whenever the bulb was out, the car would hold onto revs during a gear change. Once the bulb was fixed, the over revving went away.

It might be some subtle warning that you have a fault or else just something peculiar to my vehicle..

Originally Posted by iClick

1st thing I'd check is your tail lights. I had a stop light that kept blowing (water was in the housing) Whenever the bulb was out, the car would hold onto revs during a gear change. Once the bulb was fixed, the over revving went away.

It might be some subtle warning that you have a fault or else just something peculiar to my vehicle..

Strange things these landrovers,why would a a tail light do that..I dont doubt you for a second. Probably completely irrelevant but I have a 30 year old suzuki with a voltage solenoid on the carby..revs go up when I turn the radio on ..but a landy..

I know it's weird huh.. thinking about it now it was the fuse blowing, not the light. The fuse blew a few times before I realised the fault was water in the housing. I could tell when the fuse had blown because the car immediately over-revved during gear changes. I would replace the fuse and the car would go back to normal immediately.

Thanks so much. Just checked the brake lights and they were not working. Checked for water in the housing as i had washed my truck the day before. There was no water in the housing but the fuse was loose in the fuse holder. cleaned and re-installed and the brake lights worked. Will try the over revving thing in the morning. On all accounts should hopefully have cleared up the over revving.
Thanks Again
Regards

Eck

Originally Posted by iClick

1st thing I'd check is your tail lights. I had a stop light that kept blowing (water was in the housing) Whenever the bulb was out, the car would hold onto revs during a gear change. Once the bulb was fixed, the over revving went away.

It might be some subtle warning that you have a fault or else just something peculiar to my vehicle..

My td5 130 has fits of doing the same thing, normaly if I am driving it hard and trying for quick gear changes. I have led tail lights fitted.
Dave

Originally Posted by eckwalsh

On all accounts should hopefully have cleared up the over revving.

Eck

So Eck, did the revvy thing go away?