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Re: V6 engine problem

by Dr Entropy <entropy@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Nov 25, 2007 at 04:11 PM

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:49:35 +0000, Catman blather'd thus:

> Zathras wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:46:40 GMT, Catman
>> <catman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>>> Think is I can't figure out why if the sensor was duff the problem
>>> would go away after restart.
>> 
>> The ecu may be resetting or it could (ho ho!) be a intermittent
>> connection to a sensor..more guesses though.
>> 
> Yeah. Needs a reader really. I'm kind of thinking there is some kind of
> transient fault, which is toggling a 'limp home' type thing.

You might check the TPS with an ohm meter (a REAL one: analog) before you 
have it connected to The Mother****p. The TPS could be passing voltage in 
the "0" (or "start") position thus on restart the ECU gets proper 
signal... at SOME point in the travel it may have a discontinuity.

My knowing BIG words should impress ya, huh? ;)



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 13 Posts in Topic:
V6 engine problem
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2007-11-23 20:37:30 
Re: V6 engine problem
steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2007-11-23 20:42:37 
Re: V6 engine problem
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2007-11-23 21:12:45 
Re: V6 engine problem
Zathras <webnewsgroup@  2007-11-24 10:10:53 
Re: V6 engine problem
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2007-11-24 14:46:40 
Re: V6 engine problem
Zathras <webnewsgroup@  2007-11-24 18:38:03 
Re: V6 engine problem
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2007-11-24 18:49:35 
Re: V6 engine problem
Dr Entropy <entropy@[E  2007-11-25 16:11:55 
Re: V6 engine problem
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2007-11-25 16:39:19 
Re: V6 engine problem
Dr Entropy <entropy@[E  2007-11-25 18:55:49 
Re: V6 engine problem
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2007-11-25 20:09:23 
Re: V6 engine problem
"GT" <Contac  2007-11-29 10:33:23 
Re: V6 engine problem
"Ben Magista" &  2007-11-29 21:11:05 

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