I have a update for this problem.
Sorry to take so long to report back.
I've had quite few near misses at junctions and roundabouts, caused by the engine revs dropping to virtually nil and leaving me stationary in the middle of the road in the face of oncoming traffic. Time to deal with it.
I fitted a good known used MAF, but that did not change things.
I fitted a good known throttle position sensor assembly (sensor and the thing the end of the throttle cable is fixed to). That did not change things either.
I notice the harness was vibrating all over the place, so I suspected loose wiring at the sensor plug. I sprayed WD40 over the sensor plug, yanked the wires about a bit and that cured the problem for a day or two. The plug was nice and clean without any corrosion and the wires seemed good.
I repositioned the wiring harness and used tie wraps to secure the harness to the sensor body. That had an adverse affect. Instead of idling at the normal 800ish rpm, the idle speed went up to wopping 1200rpm! Crikey. I undid the tie wraps straight away and things went back to normal.
So, now I was thinking broken wires.
Starting at the sensor plug, I removed the sheathing and exposed the wires. I worked my way back to the main loom and eventually found the white wire had broken where it exits the main loom. The metal core wire had broke, and the plastic casing was holding the wire together, given an intermediate signal.
So, I used a crimped in-line connector to repair the break, re-wrapped the wires using amalgamating tape, took it for a test drive and all was good. Problem solved! Happy days.
Thanks for you all your advice.
Steve
PS: yeah, I was thinking xnxx.com and xvideos.com when thinking up the title. But redtube is good (so I'm told).
Here are some dirty blurry pictures.![[Image: DSC01750.JPG]](http://www.bedroom-workshop.com/306/DSC01750.JPG)
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Sorry to take so long to report back.
I've had quite few near misses at junctions and roundabouts, caused by the engine revs dropping to virtually nil and leaving me stationary in the middle of the road in the face of oncoming traffic. Time to deal with it.
I fitted a good known used MAF, but that did not change things.
I fitted a good known throttle position sensor assembly (sensor and the thing the end of the throttle cable is fixed to). That did not change things either.
I notice the harness was vibrating all over the place, so I suspected loose wiring at the sensor plug. I sprayed WD40 over the sensor plug, yanked the wires about a bit and that cured the problem for a day or two. The plug was nice and clean without any corrosion and the wires seemed good.
I repositioned the wiring harness and used tie wraps to secure the harness to the sensor body. That had an adverse affect. Instead of idling at the normal 800ish rpm, the idle speed went up to wopping 1200rpm! Crikey. I undid the tie wraps straight away and things went back to normal.
So, now I was thinking broken wires.
Starting at the sensor plug, I removed the sheathing and exposed the wires. I worked my way back to the main loom and eventually found the white wire had broken where it exits the main loom. The metal core wire had broke, and the plastic casing was holding the wire together, given an intermediate signal.
So, I used a crimped in-line connector to repair the break, re-wrapped the wires using amalgamating tape, took it for a test drive and all was good. Problem solved! Happy days.
Thanks for you all your advice.
Steve
PS: yeah, I was thinking xnxx.com and xvideos.com when thinking up the title. But redtube is good (so I'm told).
Here are some dirty blurry pictures.