Hi I had the exact same fault about 5 years now. That loom is exposed to the weather somewhat too,heat and cold no wonder wires break with it vibrating and moving around like it does.
Very dangerous fault at crossing dual carriageways etc if the car slows right down like that when you are trying to accelerate. I took to a garage who were not very helpful apart from putting it on the laptop to give me that. In the end I bought my own OBD II. OBD was giving TPS error. Tested the TPS with a meter it didn't seem to be that. Routed around and I found that exact same broken white wire I think too. I soldered mine back together. Did not put amalgamating tape on just normal. All good... until...
Fast forward to 2020 I now have a non start fault when I tried to start it last night after xmas hols and the ODB 2 is giving me fault codes P0403 EGR Control circuit and P0510. : -Closed Throttle Position Switch. Are they related to the non start? The engine turns and fires for a second then cuts off. If you crank it again, it won't fire at all. If you wait 5 mins then it will fire but again cuts off... then its back to starter cranking. Battery is newish and sound and on charge anyway.
I remember that loom was a very brittle thing so its possible that more wires have broken. Anyone think this could be causing my non start problems>? I have run out of light today and it's been heavy wind raining most of the day here. I can't even remember how to get the TPS plug unplugged. Worried about breaking it can anyone help at all? I do remember I had to disconnect and move at least the the air filter box to get access to the loom. I'm stuck in Ireland on holiday in the middle of nowhere and I'm 45 mins walk from any shop or garage. Fuel starvation if not the loom? Or the tank pump is weak? I replaced that with a brand new one in about 2007 when it cut out on the M1! Any help I'd be most thankful for.
Very dangerous fault at crossing dual carriageways etc if the car slows right down like that when you are trying to accelerate. I took to a garage who were not very helpful apart from putting it on the laptop to give me that. In the end I bought my own OBD II. OBD was giving TPS error. Tested the TPS with a meter it didn't seem to be that. Routed around and I found that exact same broken white wire I think too. I soldered mine back together. Did not put amalgamating tape on just normal. All good... until...
Fast forward to 2020 I now have a non start fault when I tried to start it last night after xmas hols and the ODB 2 is giving me fault codes P0403 EGR Control circuit and P0510. : -Closed Throttle Position Switch. Are they related to the non start? The engine turns and fires for a second then cuts off. If you crank it again, it won't fire at all. If you wait 5 mins then it will fire but again cuts off... then its back to starter cranking. Battery is newish and sound and on charge anyway.
I remember that loom was a very brittle thing so its possible that more wires have broken. Anyone think this could be causing my non start problems>? I have run out of light today and it's been heavy wind raining most of the day here. I can't even remember how to get the TPS plug unplugged. Worried about breaking it can anyone help at all? I do remember I had to disconnect and move at least the the air filter box to get access to the loom. I'm stuck in Ireland on holiday in the middle of nowhere and I'm 45 mins walk from any shop or garage. Fuel starvation if not the loom? Or the tank pump is weak? I replaced that with a brand new one in about 2007 when it cut out on the M1! Any help I'd be most thankful for.