Match the Symptoms ? Random 'dying' and Disconnected TPS !

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Match the Symptoms ? Random 'dying' and Disconnected TPS !

Postby kazjim » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:12 pm

So, yesterday took it for a little run up the OPH ... (berowra to gosford) and if i took the revs over about 6kish, the next gear change would just 'die'

I was thinking i had just received a bad batch of fuel and my filter was clogged ....

lifted the bonnet this morning and saw the Throttle Position Sensor lead sitting about an inch away from the TPS !

So, would that explain my symptoms ?? :oops:

Anyway, picked up new fuel/air and oil filters and will give it a full service tonight !

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J
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour ... you're gonna see some serious s**t.

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Match the Symptoms ? Random 'dying' and Disconnected TPS !

Postby CT » Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:24 pm

Disconnecting the TPS stops the fuel pump in NB models and obviously stops sending the required ignition signals to the ECU. That will cause problems......
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Match the Symptoms ? Random 'dying' and Disconnected TPS !

Postby kazjim » Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:27 pm

Did the service not long ago .... wowee !

now i think i understand ... smooth all the way to 7k, sounding sweet and pulling like a 1.6 shoudnt !

had fun, great thanks !

J
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour ... you're gonna see some serious s**t.


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