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RVER
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May 30, 2018

NEWMAR 2003 gas engine with RPM gauge craziness

I have a 2003 Newmar Mountain Aire Gas with Vortec 8.1 engine and coming home to MA from SC I noticed my RPM gauge would show the correct RPM and then flip up or down kind of crazy. I had another pro...
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rbago2
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May 30, 2018
Had same problem with my 2003 Suncruiser with the Workhorse 8.1. The malfunctioning ABS caused the torque converter to in and out of lock causing the RPM to change up and down with no change in speed. Solution was just to clean the ABS sensors in my case or could you may have a bad sensor or bad ABS module.

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