On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:39:19 +0000, Catman blather'd thus:
> Dr Entropy wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Interesting thought. I would have thought that it would die every time
> it passed that point though?
>>
>> My knowing BIG words should impress ya, huh? ;)
>
> Shocks would be closer :)
....i wuz tryin' t' be understating... Practicin' me "English". :smirk:
>
> It did it again today, but this time I was tooling along at constant
> throttle. Hit some kind of bump and it went. Beginning to smell like a
> dodgy connection forcing it into some kind of limp hope mode to me.
hmm. Have you checked all those fancy/funny 'lectronic connectors in
there yet? A good "wiggle test" could turn up something. It'll likely be
somfin' stoopid, y'know. Are they the Bosch ones? I've seen 'em with ropy
connection sometimes, even ****ny-new.
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