Speedometer only partially working

DanishgodDanishgod Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
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After a season of no issues and a winter of storage, the Faria speedometer has decided to start at 30 miles per hour and not 0.  And it is clearly not working properly - saying I was going 45 mph at 3000 rpm.

Anyone have an idea what the issue is?



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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Its a Faria
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  • DanishgodDanishgod Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
    the comment "it is a Faria"" makes me think as a newbie boater that there are bigger issues with this instrument.  does any one have comments?
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The are not reliable but you can send back for refurbishment
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Your tachometers are likely to bounce around, read high, then reset to full scale, drop back and then maybe normalize a few thousand RPM above reality then back to normal. You get used to it. And a tap on the glass doesn't hurt.

    Speedo usually has the pick clogged and not read at all. Maybe a partial blockage creating a Venturi producing higher pressure this the speed records you are breaking?  :)

    Regards,

    Ian

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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bravo 3 has a small hole in the bottom of the drive for the speedo.use a small wire to clean out.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • reneechris14reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You can shot it with some compressed air to clean out.just don't shot to the the speedo.1/4" vacuum line.
    2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct
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  • DanishgodDanishgod Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
    Should the speedometer not go back to zero when the engine is not running?  it seems off to sit at 30 mph as a starting point.
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