SpecialEditon84

Ok. When I have my engine running say 1000 RPM's. It will idle yah know, whatever. And then when I turn my key off the RPM gauge dosen't go down to 0. It stays at whatever RPM's it was at when I turned the key off. Until, I turn the key back to ready position the RPM's stay up. When I put it to ready position they go back down to 0. Any thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcZC...Qp0Vh9jdmi4%3D

The video I posted was for my buddy Mark. He can't diagnose the problem. Ignore the other stuff that's in the video just watch my gauges.

evilemokid94

iTrader: (6)

Mine does the same, along with the other gauges. It's common I think

SpecialEditon84

But, it dosent do that with other ones. I don't know why?!! I wanna fix it!! IT DRIVES MY FLUCKIN LUTS!

evilemokid94

iTrader: (6)

It bugs me to but you get use to it

SpecialEditon84

GOD I hate it. haha like when I park it in the drive way I turn the key again and turn it back to 0 ahah just to make me happy when I get back in it to go to work lmfao

SDTransAM

iTrader: (5)

It's because when you turn the key off, there is no power going to the gauges, so they just sit where they were last at with power on.

You could put new gauges in that arent old as **** and probably worn out, or you can just deal with it, haha.

SpecialEditon84

can i run a hot line to it to make it turn off?

SDTransAM

iTrader: (5)

Why not just turn the engine off, turn the key back on to reset the gauges, then turn the key back off?

Or you could just run a kill switch for the engine so that you can leave the key on and kill the engine so you can watch your gauge go back down to 0

SpecialEditon84

Wouldn't that hurt my engine? Cuz I have a engine killswitch.

SDTransAM

iTrader: (5)

How do you think the engine turns off now? You cut out the ignition, the engine turns off. Whether you use a kill switch, or the ignition switch it doesn't matter.

SpecialEditon84

I have an old chapman lock on it. its great haha. But, like my voltage gauge and all the other ones go back down to 0. Why not my RPMs?

Apeiron

Because that's not how it works.

jeff_blake

iTrader: (1)

mine do too, turn the car off, then key in the on position and it goes down, turn it back off and its fine. i usually just leave it though

jeff_blake

iTrader: (1)

guess i should have watched the video first. urs does the same thing as mine

SpecialEditon84

Its really weird because then the RPM gauge goes back up a little to like 500 RPM's.

SpecialEditon84

do yours do that too?

SpecialEditon84

So there is nothing I can do to fix this?

Apeiron

You can't fix it because it's not broken.

SpecialEditon84

Why the fluck would GM do that? Just to annoy people?

Apeiron

Because it was inexpensive to build the movement that way and nobody has any reason to care what the gauge reads when the car is off.

SpecialEditon84

I do because it looks like **** and it looks broken lol. I mean can i do ANYTHING to make it go down to 0 when I turn the key off?

Apeiron

Nope

Edwardgp

You could get a 12volt timer say that would stay on 5 seconds after power was cut off and run that power wire to gauges.

SpecialEditon84

woah! I AGREE! I did that and it works awesome. i set it 1 second after and it goes right down after i turn the key off! THANKS BUD!

Edwardgp

You are quite welcome Special glad it solved your problem, also thanks for letting me know it worked.