trevs Member 781 Member For: 17y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: balmain Posted 19/01/10 01:18 PM Share Posted 19/01/10 01:18 PM I have always found hire cars are good for cheap parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICKAJ Member 245 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Posted 23/01/10 12:30 AM Share Posted 23/01/10 12:30 AM Had the exact same problem. Tried everything except the obvious. Rubbed a rag around the throttle bottle buttfly and totally fixed it.There is no visual way to see a dirty throttle body!!!!Just clean it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400KwXr6t Member 129 Member For: 17y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 23/01/10 12:51 AM Share Posted 23/01/10 12:51 AM Sounds like if your lights are dimming they're not getting power. You checked your alternator is charging properly? Your lights should stay the same if the car is off or running. If the alternator is dicky then that would run the batt flat and may describe the dramas your having.Get a multi-meter or a volt meter that plugs into your ciggy lighter and see what it reads (My radar detector has volts on it) and it should read somewhere between 12.7-14.1 Volts or so.Pretty much if its low 12V or under you may experience a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU UP Member 124 Member For: 15y 2m 22d Gender: Male Location: sydney south Posted 23/01/10 01:04 PM Share Posted 23/01/10 01:04 PM that's gold...:roflmbo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICKAJ Member 245 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Posted 23/01/10 11:03 PM Share Posted 23/01/10 11:03 PM My lights dim too when the car basically stalls. Not a problem cause the alternator isn't doing enough revs to generate 14V. Totally normal, I would be worried if the lights went dim when cruising at fixed speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400KwXr6t Member 129 Member For: 17y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/01/10 02:19 AM Share Posted 24/01/10 02:19 AM Yeah true what your saying the alternator not spinning fast enough, was thinking the batt should have powered them for the short time the alt was not regulating. I guess they dim as there is load on the elec system and there isn't enough juice in the batt to power everything.What size and brand batt you running? Has it got enough CCA? guess that could be a problem? anyones thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400KwXr6t Member 129 Member For: 17y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/01/10 02:22 AM Share Posted 24/01/10 02:22 AM Hey mackie how far out of warranty are you, I'm pretty sure that for the time your car is in for warranty work, that gets added to the end of the warranty, if that makes sense.Sure I read something on that, but I have been known to be wrong before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICKAJ Member 245 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Posted 24/01/10 09:24 AM Share Posted 24/01/10 09:24 AM (edited) So besides the throttle body cleaning I would also recommend checking the wiring that leads to the cam angle sensors?? if that's what they are, ie on the drivers side, near the firewall next to the manifold heat sheild there is a wiring plug going into the head at an angle, basically the two wires here fuse together or the sheilding cracks and the wires arc. The passenger side has the same thing in a nearly symetrical location. Edited 24/01/10 09:25 AM by MICKAJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez89 Donating Members 30 Member For: 14y 5m 15d Posted 28/07/11 02:48 AM Share Posted 28/07/11 02:48 AM Old thread I know but were there any results here??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrettba03 Member 78 Member For: 13y 5m Gender: Male Location: Sydney West Posted 31/07/11 03:34 AM Share Posted 31/07/11 03:34 AM I'm in the process of getting another throttle body scanner picked up error code p2105 tac system forced engine shutdown. Throttle body/electronic error. Bin told xr6 and xr6t same throttle bodys. I'm not gonna clean just replace. If u go to a mechanic to put a scanner on the car should be able to pinpoint problem. I have ba xr6t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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