I've posted this separately from my 'Ongoing Woes' thread as I'm being a
bit more positive here and to narrow it to just TPS thoughts. (Hope
that's OK.
The symptoms were that the engine died (and refused to restart for a
long time) as I accelerated having slowed for a roundabout.
I noticed last night without giving it any significance that when I was
prodding around the replaced plenum-to-inlet manifold pipe to show the
recovery man what I had done, that the idle speed changed (briefly).
I've been fiddling some more today and found that I could reproduce the
revs drop and then pickup and, best of all, actually make it stall by
flicking the throttle from the idle stop to just off idle. If I
disconnect the Throttle Position Sensor I cannot make the engine stall
using the same process.
Engine (seems) to run happily without the TPS connected.
AIUI the TPS informs the ECU of fast movement of the throttle which
results in more fuel being supplied to provide greater acceleration.
What do you think?
Could a damaged track in the TPS cause these symptoms?
What about the period when I did start the engine but it raced at
between 2750 and 3000 revs with no throttle input?
I can pilfer the TPS from my 3.5 RRC. I'm used to stuffing needles into
wires to set the TPS position on my bike and have a Fluke meter which
will display mV.
TIA
Richard
Dom J - 03 Feb 2008 17:39 GMT
Ah Mr Richard sir......
Still having problems with the RRC i see. Thought you were going to get rid
of it and get a Izusu Trooper!!. Re the poss faulty TPS, i may have one
doing nothing, will check the shed tomorrow. See you in 2 weeks??.
Dom
Richard - 03 Feb 2008 20:32 GMT
> I've posted this separately from my 'Ongoing Woes' thread as I'm being a
> bit more positive here and to narrow it to just TPS thoughts. (Hope
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> Richard
Further to the above; can anyone tell me what the correct voltage to set
the TPS is? My CD manual doesn't have a value for the 3.9 engine. I do
have the paper manual which gives a voltage for the 3.5.
TIA
Richard
Richard - 04 Feb 2008 23:36 GMT
Volts should read .33 to .35 volts
>> I've posted this separately from my 'Ongoing Woes' thread as I'm being a
>> bit more positive here and to narrow it to just TPS thoughts. (Hope
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> Richard
Richard - 05 Feb 2008 18:04 GMT
> Volts should read .33 to .35 volts
Hmm. so 250mV ain't too good? The 3.5 book says 290mV +/- 20mV IIRC
Richard