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hey guys ok i think im having an odd problem. ok well im driving on the highway last night and all of a sudden my rpm drops to 0. The car doesn't stall , i hear my engine reving when i push the pedal down, but it doenst go, then liek 20 seconds later the rpm go back to normal and the car is fine again. It did this twice last night. What could it be?

Sounds like u were hit with an EMP pulse. They are after u! They are watching u!

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Is the clutch engaged the whole time? Is it throwing any codes?

no the clutch isnt engaged, it was happenin when i was just driving in 5th on the highway, and no there are no codes

Sounds like the tranny is going to die.
when you shift it back the the his 4th, will it ref again?

Originally posted by polak_gino:
im driving on the highway last night and all of a sudden my rpm drops to 0. The car doesn't stall , i hear my engine reving when i push the pedal down, but it doenst go, then liek 20 seconds later the rpm go back to normal and the car is fine again......

The clutch isn't engaged.....

It seems that these symptoms do not point to a single problem.

First, if the rpm indication dropped to zero, but you could hear the engine running - you had just an instrument failure. Most likely cause is a dodgy electrical connection.

Second, if the clutch wasn't engaged (i.e. if your foot was not off the pedal) then it is to be expected that the drive would not function, as it would be disconnected by the clutch. Maybe you didn't mean that. If so, and if you could hear the engine revving, and there was no drive, it suggests the clutch is slipping. The rpm is indicated straight off the engine, so nothing to do with the clutch. Two separate problems.

ok sorry guys im not to good with engine stuff. so wat do i do now? wat do u guys suggest i do. so ur saying its prolly my cluth?

y would my cluth be slipping liek this. wouldnt it slip all the time and not jsut once in a blue moon? liek i said it happened twice last night and once like 2 weeks ago. and its only happened when i was in 5th on the highway with my foot off the cluth amd jsut cruising. and then it goes back to normal without me doin anythign to it. down shifting to 4th didnt do anythign.

and if it was a guage cluster thing then wouldn't the entire cluster die including the tach, and temp gauge?

sorry guys im not too smart with engines so dont laugh at me if is said something stupid or missed somthin really obvoius

Sounds like a faulty tachomter connection to me.

Nothing is wrong with your engine.

it cant just be a fualty tach. cuz like i said above when the tach dies the power also dies there for i have no power, so it can't jsut be the teach

HELP ME PEOPLE I REALLY DONT KNOW WAT TO DO

Your 5th gear may be burning up.. Like maybe a few teeth missing from the gear.. And it could be the clutch you never know.. I would just take it to a shop somewhere and let them deal with it. Like you said, you dont really know a lot about engines so that would be your best bet.
-shawn-

Originally posted by polak_gino:
it cant just be a fualty tach. cuz like i said above when the tach dies the power also dies there for i have no power, so it can't jsut be the teach

OK, there is a possibility that you are getting a momentary electrical fault, which affects the tachometer and the ignition circuits (but not if the engine is revving, which is what I thought you said originally). If that's the case, take it to an auto electrician.

it probably has something to do with your new disty, since these problems started after you installed it and the disty sends the signal to your tach and controls the ignition.

My question is when you "lose power" does your car slow down?, did you step on the gas and hear the RPMs increase?

hey curt,

ya when i "lose power" i have no power. like my car is still on it doesnt stall but the car has no power at all liek pushin the gas down doenst do anything. and ya im pretty sure my car was still lraving though when i pushed the pedal down