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745Ti Tach goes nuts when warm 700

I sold a friend of mine a 86 745Ti and lately our friendship is strained. The car will run fine for a while and then his wife complains of it dying on her. I drove it yesterday all over town and it was fine till it happened. The tach jumps up and down, dies to 0 RPM and then back to normal. Once it starts, it only gets worse (I barely got it home after numerous failures at highway speed). Have replaced distributor, voltage amplifier, knock sensor, (all with used parts, but the symptoms remain the same) and done the basic tune up stuff. The ignition switch seems to be staying on since the idiot ligts don't come on till it is fully stalled. It has to be in the primary ignition somewhere and I am leaning toward the ECM. Anybody seen this before?








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    745Ti Tach goes nuts when warm 700

    I would lean towards the ignition control module, located in front of fender next to the battery usually. I have an '89 740T that had a similar failure and the PO had replaced the ignition module with a used part. Sure enough, I replaced it with a brand new unit and the problem vanished.

    Matt Campbell








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    745Ti Tach goes nuts when warm 700

    I had the exact problem with my 945T (same engine). It was the Ignition Control Module (mounted on the fender right above the battery). I think it was $50-$60 at www.fcpgroton.com

    10-15 minute tops to fix it.

    Good luck.

    Jeff Pierce
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    '93 945 Turbo ( one kickass family car ! ), '92 Mercedes 190E (my daily driver), '53 Willys-Overland Pickup (my snow-plow truck/conversation piece)







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