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Old Sep 13, 2004 | 03:47 PM
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ok,my car is a 2002 trans am , in the spring I ordered a ported tb. from jantzer, put it on with all of my other mods. and was ok for about a month then one day just coming home from work,SES light.So I go to autozone,yep [code po121] tps senser,had it deleted was ok for for awhile.note: I drive my car maybe 30 miles a week,only on nice days.so awhile later SES light ,go to autozone,again po121.had it deleted again. now about 2 weeks ago ,ses light, po121. so I by another TPS,no problem until today,yep,ses light and again PO121.WTF.! the funny part is my car runs fine.!and Its trowing the code under normal driving cond.any help would be appreciated.
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Old Sep 13, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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There wasn't a throttle bump stop mod done as well was there? .. sounds like the familiar code when we go past 4.62 volts when taking down the bump stop?

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Old Sep 13, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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joe,the thing is, It does it just driving at the norm. speed no wot.!
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Old Sep 13, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowbird
joe,the thing is, It does it just driving at the norm. speed no wot.!
Other then the sensor itself the Helms manual suggests checking the actual TPS harness for shorts with a multi meter

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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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yeh,Its got me fricking going nuts.!I could see if it was coding at wot but its not, just plain *** driving at your normal speeds.!
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