No worries mate, the more info the better


Was the tacho working when you bought the car? I'll have to do a bit more reading, the book I have is for the RS Turbo which apparently?!?! Has a different ignition system to the XR3i... I've never owned an xr3i so am working partly on assumption. The good news is that the XR3i ignition system looks much simpler than the RS Turbo!


Still 100% check for good spark to begin with. If the tacho was working when you bought the car it sounds as if the engine speed module may have a big part in this if the original fuel relay was bridged out like that.