BAD TPS Sensor? MAF?
12-24-2008, 11:02 PM
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BAD TPS Sensor? MAF? I think i have a bad tps sensor and MAF but im not sure they are both throwing codes but what are some symptoms of these two things?
When i drove the car it had no power at all and shifted weird and felt like it was hesitating and it was jumpy and stuff.
When i drove the car it had no power at all and shifted weird and felt like it was hesitating and it was jumpy and stuff.
12-25-2008, 07:29 PM
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that sounds like TPS to me. The computer uses that sensor and many others to determine shift points. Both of them could be bad though. With the key on but engine not running on the TPS sensor take a multimeter and back probe the signal wire coming out of the sensor. Read the votage with the throttle closed. Now slowly open the throttle reading the voltage coming out of the sensor as you increase throttle. The voltage should read very constant. If there is a jump or a cutout of voltage then the sensor is bad.
With the MAF, I would go get a can of MAF cleaner and clean it first. It is common for them to get dirty and F up.
With the MAF, I would go get a can of MAF cleaner and clean it first. It is common for them to get dirty and F up.
