TPS question

[XJ Zone]

So my heep took a little drink yesterday & soaked my air filter

I ran the rest of the day without the filter with no issues

On the way home I met a couple cars on the dirt road so she may have taken in a bit of dust

Further down the road it started acting up a bit so I stopped to check it out

It had a high idle in park while stopped

Took off again and it didn't want to shift unless it was almost redlined

Starting working a bit better and made it home

I checked the engine light and it was P0121 for the throttle position sensor

I took the throttle body off to give it a good cleaning, cleaned the sensors, and installed a new air filter

It worked great for the first 5 mins then started acting up again, not shifting properly & a high idle when parked

I unhooked the TPS & tried running it like that

The high idle was gone & it shifted much better, but it still sputtered with too much gas

So here's my question, is this a true test that the TPS is bad, or could it still be something else?

Thanks

John

[Enos]

Try cleaning the TPS, might just have some grit in it from running with the filter out.

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[XJ Zone]

Jul 19, 2015 19:28:13 GMT -4 Enos said:

Try cleaning the TPS, might just have some grit in it from running with the filter out.

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Tried that, thanks though

I'm picking up a new one today and will know tonight if it works

[XJ Zone]

New sensor installed and runs like a champ again

I figured I'd check the resistance of the new one vs the old one before I installed it

From what I read it should range from .25-4.8 v

The slowly rotated the new sensor and it evenly ascended from .27-4.7

The old one went from .3 to about 4 @ about 1/2 rotation

Then it went out of range, then to about 9 then out of range then back to about 8 and back up to 9

[C Monster]

Sweet! !!