Landrover Discovery squealing and rev counter not working

[z0rT10ok]

Hi,

I've got a problem with my Land Rover Discovery 200TDI (1994).

The problem is that there is a squealing noise at low speeds/when the engine is idling, this is allied to the fact that rev counter will not move off zero until the engine gets to about 2000 revs at which point the rev counter jumps straight up to 2000 and then appears to work correctly (even below 2000 revs) until the needle drops back to zero e.g. at traffic lights at which point it stops working again.

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Gareth

[Fish981]

z0rT10ok said:

Hi,

I've got a problem with my Land Rover Discovery 200TDI (1994).

The problem is that there is a squealing noise at low speeds/when the engine is idling, this is allied to the fact that rev counter will not move off zero until the engine gets to about 2000 revs at which point the rev counter jumps straight up to 2000 and then appears to work correctly (even below 2000 revs) until the needle drops back to zero e.g. at traffic lights at which point it stops working again.

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Gareth

Loose fanbelt. Rev counter is driven from the alternator. This is basic stuff though, you may wish to consider your choice of vehicle.

[Jim the Sunderer]

Fish981 said:

Loose fanbelt. Rev counter is driven from the alternator. This is basic stuff though, you may wish to consider your choice of vehicle.

I had one for two months, you've got to have fking spanners down your slacks to dare own one.

[jhfozzy]

Jim the Sunderer said:

Fish981 said:

Loose fanbelt. Rev counter is driven from the alternator. This is basic stuff though, you may wish to consider your choice of vehicle.

I had one for two months, you've got to have fking spanners down your slacks to dare own one.

Both harsh, but very, very true. Could have only got it more wrong with a series.

[z0rT10ok]

Well other than this it's been flawless

Thanks for the replies folks.