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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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Default Throttle postion / secs gauge

Just a quick question, possibly me being thick!? My secs gauge sometimes reads around 4 - 8% throttle at both hot or cold idle. (Idle speed dosent vary, so the throttle dont seem to be sticking.)
I was assuming the TPS needs adjusting,it just seemed odd that the reading varied. Didnt know if anybody had this before? Its annoying,as i cant even go and work on it,as im off sick at the mo...
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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Your throttle should read 0% when on idle matey, you have a problem there..
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 02:10 PM
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I know, if it read 4% or something all the time, id turn the TPS back a little, but it varies, smetimes it reads 0%
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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Are there any other symptoms like poor idle etc? Could be a loom fault or just the SECS monitor playing up

I was getting varying throttle reading and also the coolant temp would rise and fluctuate all over the place. Just fitted a Pectel loom and cleared all the problems.

If you know anyone with another monitor to try in its place could also be worth a try..
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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It runs fine, even when its really hot, in traffic. Was thinking its possibly a gauge problem. All the other functions work fine, just seems a bit odd.
Thanks for your help!
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