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Tach is going crazy

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Hey guys my tach jumps all around from like 3000+rpm when u really hammer into it. The tach will go to 5 then 2 or 3 or 6 then to 3 anyways it jumps all over the place. I look at my monster tach and thats does the same thing. What do you guys think it could be? Possibly my coil or crank sensor?
 

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check ur ground cable ,my car did the same thing with me and i found out i had some paint on my ground cable
 

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snoboardcore said:
Hey guys my tach jumps all around from like 3000+rpm when u really hammer into it. The tach will go to 5 then 2 or 3 or 6 then to 3 anyways it jumps all over the place. I look at my monster tach and thats does the same thing. What do you guys think it could be? Possibly my coil or crank sensor?
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LOL... my tach is doing the same except it revs to 10k for me.
 
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where exactly would the ground cable be im a little new to 5.0's
 
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snoboardcore said:
Hey guys my tach jumps all around from like 3000+rpm when u really hammer into it. The tach will go to 5 then 2 or 3 or 6 then to 3 anyways it jumps all over the place. I look at my monster tach and thats does the same thing. What do you guys think it could be? Possibly my coil or crank sensor?
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you dont have a crank sensor. pull codes. look for PIP or IDM codes. good luck.
 
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thanks but no codes showed up any other suggestions?
 
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anybody?
 
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