Celica Forums General Discussion General RPM

Question:

Whenever my car is at a full stop or even in park the RPM never sits on 0. what does this mean?

that ur car is running

Right, RPM isn't tire RPM its engine RPM. This means the engine is still running even if you're at a stop

yup. ur engine has to keep running or it will stall. if you want you can turn it off everytime you stop but that woudlnt be very good to do . Now for manuals they idle (when stopped, the engine rpm) its when you push in the clutch and the enine is nolonger connected to grearrs. Now for automatic they have a torque converter that allows your engine to be in gear and run at low rpm idle. I may be wrong or left some stuff out

i hope you have RPM's when your car is running... RPM's = good sign that your car still lives...

wow, that is the n00bish question i have ever heard..
anyway what they said

That is always good, it means your car is running.

if it hit 0 your car will shut off!

that's true

So even if my car is turned off and the RPM reads like almost 1 that's a good sign???
no way!

yeah i mean i know what RPM kinda means it's just im kinda worried that even before i turn the car on it's not on 0.

thanks for all ur replies!

wow... i didnt think questions like this would be asked ehehe

if you turn off your car... and the RPM gauge does not go down to the little needle stopper then you have to get your gauges recalibrated... can probably do it your self... when sitting in idel.. it has to be above 0 or like everyone said it would not be running

cant help it

ha...hahahaha...hahahahahah...oh your serious

no, i think he's asking about when the car is SHUT-OFF and his RPM gauge needle is not set to 0k.

i dont think that is a problem because your car is not running.

lol i am so confused on waht he is asking now hope someone understands this. ok so rule of thumb. when car is on= rpm needle above zero. car is off= needle at 0

i think he means when the car is off
in that case, just recalibrate teh needle, but it'll still be off a tad.

ditto.

it's nothing to worry about though...i personally would just leave it alone unless you already have access to the gauges due to a project or whatever.

SHE which would be me was just a little worried that the needle never sat at 0 prior to starting the engine, sorry if i asked a stupid question., but thanks for everyone's replies.

Just a needle issue, go get them tweaked basically anywhere, preferably a Toyota dealer. I remember a friend of mine going to get her dash gauge overlay installed and she didn't realize until the next day that the shop messed up her passenger side window relay. Get somebody that will know what they are doing 100%

i think i like this thread

me too. hehehe

your stupid

Thats rough, were supposed to help people not shoot them down. SHE is asking why her needle doesnt rest at 0 rpms when the car is NOT running, I know my tach goes all the way down when the engine is off. She is aware that the tach will be around 1k when the engine is running...

This is why women are always ripped off by mechanics.

i know what she talk about ...

When you shut off the engine the rpm indicator is not at 0 and it's right but pull out your key and wait about 20/30 sec and it will fall at 0 ... i will post pic of that later

But if the rpm indicator never fall to 0 even when the key is out then it need to be recalibrate

hey everyone needs to start somewhere..and man thats fuked up..dissing ppl when they come to you for help..

thanks Silver00gts!

you read me right!

and everyone else for replying!!