fitting a aftermarket tachometer????

[ibizasaremylife]

hi guys,
i just bought a pilot series tachometer with shift light for my 2003 ibiza,went to get it fitted and the garage told me that my car is fitted with a cam or cam buster.....not sure wat that is first of all and they cant seem to fit the rev wire,is there away around this and can someone reply asap as im trying again tomorrow thank,oh by the way its getting fitted in a 1.2 12v engine,the 3 cylinder if anyone has a wiring diagram or anythin that would be great

 

[Nath.]

Does your 1.2 not have a tacho then?

 

[ibizasaremylife]

yep it does but the aftermarket one changes colours an stuff so it looks good but i cant seem to get passed the cambuster to get a rev reading

 

[MattBennett]

Think they could mean CAN BUS!?!

 

[Aimez]

Tacho what? You have to have a tacho really?! Don't you have to have it calibrated by an authorised tacho centre like we do the trucks at work?

 

[MJ]

Tacho what? You have to have a tacho really?! Don't you have to have it calibrated by an authorised tacho centre like we do the trucks at work?

Wires crossed there AIMEZ thats a 'tachograph' that measures driving time and distance, this dudes on about a 'tachometer' more than likely a rev counter with a shift light, you would have to use a convertor which would allow the rev counter the read the can bus signal - best people to ask would me the manufacterers of the product you have bought, but why you'd need another rev counter and a shift light on a 1.2 is beyond me???

 

[Nath.]

 

[Aimez]

nope that ^^ is spelt taco actually! Yeh I thought you didn't mean tacho thought it was a bit weird, I know the driving rules in Ireland can be a bit different but not that different!

 

[ibizasaremylife]

Wires crossed there AIMEZ thats a 'tachograph' that measures driving time and distance, this dudes on about a 'tachometer' more than likely a rev counter with a shift light, you would have to use a convertor which would allow the rev counter the read the can bus signal - best people to ask would me the manufacterers of the product you have bought, but why you'd need another rev counter and a shift light on a 1.2 is beyond me???

jus a bit of fun man ha,ha where would i get said converter???? i tried,the lad where i bought it didnt have a clue what i was on about even,useless!!!! hmmmm i tried my local seat dealers and they said they would contact head office and see where can i go from there!!! the rev counters just for a bit of show to match the push start which i fitted

 

[kidinspace]

I assume you are after one of these?
In a 1.2???

(Maybe slightly less hardcore than this...)

.G.

 

[ibizasaremylife]

I assume you are after one of these?
In a 1.2???

(Maybe slightly less hardcore than this...)

.G.

yep its one like dat i have in my 1.2,now do u know how to get passed the can bus?????? i have the rest of the wires fitted jus need to get the rev reading on it

 

[ibizasaremylife]

Wires crossed there AIMEZ thats a 'tachograph' that measures driving time and distance, this dudes on about a 'tachometer' more than likely a rev counter with a shift light, you would have to use a convertor which would allow the rev counter the read the can bus signal - best people to ask would me the manufacterers of the product you have bought, but why you'd need another rev counter and a shift light on a 1.2 is beyond me???

hey man any ideas where i can get a converter???

 

[MJ]

the only people that could help you is the manufacterers mate - they must sell different variations of this particular product - or so i would have thought.

 

[ibizasaremylife]

yeah i dunno man,was on another vag site and they were saying some really scary stuff bout fitting them,think im jus gonna pull it out of the car to be honest,dont want to end up fooking up my ibiza,think ill jus get the white dials for the standard clocks instead and maybe put blue light behind them,ive already got my lcr splitter ordered and hopefully ill have that friday,thanks anyway for your help guys much appreciated

 

[Arnoldo]

I may be silly by sayin this but have you tried googling "installing a tacho in an ibiza"?

 

[ibizasaremylife]

I may be silly by sayin this but have you tried googling "installing a tacho in an ibiza"?

yeah i did,no luck,i think ill jus leave well enough alone to onest,ive read some pretty scary things and i love my ibiza and really dont want to mess it up

 

[MJ]

The thing is with can bus - the system uses a system of control unit in order to communicate, the can bus system on the ibizas is relatively simple in comparison to others but this is still a problem if you want to fit a mod such as your tachometer.

Traditionally you would take the feed from the coil or speed sensor which picks up the amount of engine revolutions but on a can bus system if you used the speed sensor and tapped into the wire then you run the risk of causing circuit faults (short circuits mainly) which may cause mis-firing and ecu problems.

 

[ibizasaremylife]

yeah i was reading up on can-buses alright man,ah its cool its getting pulled out of it this evening so its all good,thanks for the help guys

 

[mhill]

Not looked in the MK4 section for a while but im amazed at how low the standards have slipped to with all the chav mods and text speak. On a helpful note MK4 Ibiza's are not CAN BUS!

 

[Fl@pper]

positive

negative

illumination

coil signal

is your mk4 running on coil packs (seperate) or one ignition coil ?

and is it adjustable for cylinder numbers ? (i.e. 3!!)