:Mike:

Driving down to the shops yesterday my Check Engine light came on for a few seconds, and the speedo started playing up.
The CEL turned off when I revved the engine a little, but the speedo is all over the place now - under-reading by a lot when it shows anything at all.
I think the 2 are related, as I've seen people talking in other threads about the cable / gearbox sender breaking, but I get the impression they're all talking about the old spinning-cable type of speedo cable. I had a look at the back of my dials and the one on my Sport (1998 - facelift dashboard) looks electrical?

Anyone got any experience of this?
Whereabouts is the gearbox sender?

:Mike:

Anyone?

danfa

Hiya Mike,
Just wondering what the speedo fault with your car was in the end as I have the same problem, Check engine light on, limp home mode (wont rev over 4500 revs), speedo needle jumps all over the place especially if I put my foot down. I have asked a few people with similar faults and they all say its either sensor, convertor or speedo itself, the sensors £100 alone so I dont really want to be guessing at what it is and getting it wrong so was just hoping you might be able to shed some light.
Thank you
Danny

:Mike:

On mine it was the speed sensor. Mine's got the facelifted dashboard, so it's the electronic type on my car. Changing the sensor cured it.