Hi all ,Zeddy found tps short ,I've stripped the wires back as far as the main loom ,no breaks in the wires to the plug , any ideas were it goes to after here or were abouts to look next ,
Many thanks Ian
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Hi all ,Zeddy found tps short ,I've stripped the wires back as far as the main loom ,no breaks in the wires to the plug , any ideas were it goes to after here or were abouts to look next ,
Many thanks Ian
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Last edited by Humpty's Revenge; 03-11-2021 at 04:32 PM. Reason: Yet another thread started that has to be moved to the correct area !!!!
You've just got to keep going until you find the break/short.
The signal wire goes (eventually) to engine ECU, gearbox ECU, and AYC ECU.
It usually splits off inside the car - however as you're having failed with all of them, I'd say it's probably in the engine bay area.
@elnevio had a fun intermittent wiring fault on his car, where it goes through the inner arch, if I remember correctly, the support bracket that holds the loom to the gearbox wasn't reattached properly, which allowed the loom to move and chafe.
Where the loom from the fuse box goes through the inner wing, there is a large oval grommet with plastic tabs. On mine, one of the tabs was bent the wrong way, so had been exerting pressure on the loom, eventually wearing through the covering and the insulation.
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when you testing the wiring are you checking %v to battery ground/chassis gnd or are you check to sensor gnd.
if you check to battery gnd and 5 V ok then check to the sensor Gnd and 5v is not at the connector you know there is an issue with the sensor gnd.but if you still get the 5V present then the sensor ground wire should be OK.
and it can only be one of the other 2wires.
for the next bit you need to know the control type on the TPS sensor. Then back probe the sensor connector wires and you can probably check the wire with nothing more than test light.
this will allow you to apply a gnd or 5V to the other two wires and use evoscan to to see if the throttle position changes in eveoscan.
but you have to know if applying a Gnd and %v is ok for the ecu circuit or not which why you need to know the type of circuit control in the ECU.
this should be what you have for the TPS.
this wiring diagram is for the uk spec galant but the TPS should be the same.
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you need to measure the following with the TPS sensor fitted in place.
Pin function
pin 1 5V sensor supply
pin 2 TPS output to ECU Voltage between 0-5V changes with TPS movement.
pin 3 Voltage between 0-5V
pin 4 sensor gnd
measure voltage between:-
red lead black lead
pin 1 to battery gnd
pin 1 to pin 4
pin 3 to battery gnd
pin 3 to pin 4
pin 2 to battery gnd
pin 2 to pin 4
the result of these measurements will tell mw which wire is broken and how easy it will be to fix it.
Last edited by Davezj; 04-11-2021 at 02:08 AM.
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I might be able to come up at some point to have a look, but i have a sticking rear calliper at the moment so i will have to sort that out first.
do you have off road parking or a garage that the car can be put in.
this would maximise the opportunity for me to pop up and take a look one evening.
depending if the wire break can be found or not, it might be easier to replace the wire from the ecu to the TPS sensor, but that means getting to the back the centre consul area to get to the ECU.
what difference does it make driving forwards or backwards?
the throttle opens the same way and the TPS works in the same way if you are going backward or forwards the only part that makes the car go in a different direction is the Gerabox.
are you saying there is something working with the gear box which does not allow it to go forwards.
It is still pointing to the tps not being adjusted correctly.
Probably not seeing the idle position of the TPS correctly.
When the TPS is closed the idle position out should be active. And as soon as you crack the throttle open slightly the idle position out should deactivate. This is what you are setting up with the feeler gauge.
As your car is an auto you have an TPS (throttle position sensor) and an APS (accelerator position sensor).
Both of which have to be setup correctly.
Which sensor where you adjusting.
The TPS on the back of the throttle body or the aps on the front of the throttle body.
Least I think it is that way round the one with the idle switch is the 4 wire sensor.
It will be good to see if the throttle fixed you issue.
It will make you happy to get you far back up and running.
Hmmm does not sound good.
So you got a known working throttle body from Mo.
Fitted this, the TPS started to work, and now it is not working again.
Then the immobiliser kicked in and you can't start the car.
Is that right?