Hello Fellow Jeepsters,
Warm weather is upon us (at least in New England) and the new tight-as- a-drum soft top is gently billowing!
If you may remember, I had a PS pump replaced a few short weeks ago, and upon pickup noticed the check engine light was on, followed by high revving startups, almost conking out gas pedal taps, and stuttering on heavy acceleration. I figured the TPS got fouled out from the engine washdown and cleaned the contacts with cleaner as I read Mr. Romaine (sp?) suggest countless times here before. In addition, the mechanic suggested new plugs, wires, rotor, etc... and I took the advice yet nothing changed.
Now it seems to take a while to fire up on starting, just cranking for what seems like forever (3 or 4 seconds)...but the time is getting longer as each day passes, and heavy acceleration is a joke. High revs on startup are intermittent as well as the near-conkout when the gas pedal is goosed - some days it's fine, others it's bad. It also seems to miss a beat every-so-often while at idle.
I did the ignition code trick and it's saying 24 (12, 24, 33, 55).
12 - recently unhooked battery to install cd player 24 - TPS voltage 33 - no AC (AC?! in a Jeep Wrangler?!?! hahahaha!!!) 55 - blinking lightshow is overWill a new TPS really clear this up? I would go and get one right away if it weren't the darn-tootin' cash flow issue. Money is a little tight to drop $50 (at NAPA) on a new TPS... so really - how accurate are these codes? I did purchase STP Throttle Body Cleaner and plan on doing it this weekend - does the part need to be removed? Or can I blast the crap out of it right there?
All the best, and thanks in advance,
~Jon
91 YJ 4.0 Auto