falcon73 Member 163 Member For: 18y 5m 11d Posted 15/08/08 10:57 AM Share Posted 15/08/08 10:57 AM As above what is the main Symptoms of TPS failure, Throttle position sensor.I have cleaned TB and checked all hoses etc for vacuum leaksAny help appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky69 Member 39 Member For: 17y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle nsw Posted 15/08/08 11:37 AM Share Posted 15/08/08 11:37 AM in ba's there is no symptoms the tps is an electrical device that sits on the throttle body it has nothing to do with dirty air or vacuum leaksall it does is read where the butterfly is position to acknowledge the pcm in fuel & air delivery, a sympton of knowing if the tps is failing is intermitted stalling while driving or at the lights this is purely electrical failure whichI'm not sure what causes that maybe some1 else can help with that also!I hope that is any help or maybe I'm completly wrong! lol either way let me know if I am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon73 Member 163 Member For: 18y 5m 11d Posted 16/08/08 12:09 PM Author Share Posted 16/08/08 12:09 PM that's pretty much what it does is occasional stall coming up to lights and while idleing it will drop and then come back upHelps good mate thatnks for thatI might try and put the TPS from the TB I had on it before putting the John Bowe one on see if that makes a diff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaTTe Member 143 Member For: 16y 1m 24d Location: Perth Posted 01/11/08 02:19 PM Share Posted 01/11/08 02:19 PM Hey mate, when my TPS went, it was stalling at lights, under acceleration randomly, and acting strange in general..Conditions were different day to day, and some days it wasn't a problem at all, where others it'd fail at every set of lights..Some people have had cars idle hunting due to dirty throttlebodies, but if it is stalling even after cleaning throttle body, and you know your injectors are in good condition, then it's probably a TPSIf you're not sure about your injectors, get some Redline injector cleaner, it's the only product other than Ultrafuel that I fully recommend.I hope this helpsMaTTe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy88 Member 15 Member For: 16y 1m 29d Posted 12/11/08 11:35 AM Share Posted 12/11/08 11:35 AM Hey if your ba is loosing rpm when at lights and idle for a while, or I noticed it sometimes when I went to park after a drive it lost rpm then picked its self back up, occasionly stalling.I took the throttle body off an butterfly valve, and cleaned it out with carby cleaner (degreaser), it was black as all sh*t in there, haven't had the problem since..hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 20y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 13/11/08 07:46 AM Share Posted 13/11/08 07:46 AM (edited) if your tps is failing... it means that your sensor is not reading your throtle position... ie you can put your foot down a little to take off but it will take a second or two to actually take off... this is beccause the sensor is not reading it correctly....its like what your doing is happening in slow motion.... mine is doing this and im getting sick of it, sometimes it wont take off at all althought the foot is flat to the floor.... you then have to turn the car of and restart it in order to fix it... very risky when going to go through an intersection etc... will get it fixed at next service which is due soon.micky69... yes it has symptoms in BA's s well... raphoon had the same problem in his ba as I have in my bf.... his was the tps and when replaced the problem was solved.... he had exactly the ssame symptoms as I just described. Edited 13/11/08 07:50 AM by jetute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebxmple Member 1,322 Member For: 16y 10m 24d Posted 14/11/08 08:35 PM Share Posted 14/11/08 08:35 PM that's pretty much what it does is occasional stall coming up to lights and while idleing it will drop and then come back upHelps good mate thatnks for thatI might try and put the TPS from the TB I had on it before putting the John Bowe one on see if that makes a diffI have fitted plenty of the JB and SS throttle bodys and have had sh*t loads of idling problems. Try putting the whole throttle body back on and see what happens. Be careful pulling tps screws out as they can snap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky69 Member 39 Member For: 17y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle nsw Posted 25/11/08 09:35 AM Share Posted 25/11/08 09:35 AM micky69... yes it has symptoms in BA's as well...ha ha sorry about that comment I didn mean that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget New Member 8 Member For: 9y 6m 14d Posted 10/06/15 11:54 PM Share Posted 10/06/15 11:54 PM Hi Guys,Im having the same issue, have any of you guys tried cleaning or replacing the TPS sensor?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 4m 24d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 11/06/15 12:31 AM Share Posted 11/06/15 12:31 AM Cleaning worked.. for about a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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