Re: Re[2]: TPS voltage @ WOT

From: Tim Berry (coolva1@home.com)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2000 - 12:48:00 EDT


I checked it on my dak... just under1 volt at idle.. and just under 4 at
WOT, same thing on my dads 99 Durango with the 318... neither knock...
would that mean if i get one from a parts store, it would read higher?
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Tim Berry -- Chesapeake, VA
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From: <fawcett@uism.bu.edu>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 11:39 Bright
Subject: Re[2]: DML: TPS voltage @ WOT

> I may not be reading/understanding this right but, yes, I understand the
TPS is
> a potentiometer however the resistance increases from idle to WOT which
> increases the voltage output to the PCM. On mine the resistance ranged
from 735
> ohms at idle position to 4,091 ohms just before WOT but at WOT the
resistance
> went off the scale. What that should mean (according to ohms law) is that
the
> output voltage should be close to or the same as the input voltage at
WOT --but
> that's not what I got when I measured it. Really strange.
> Tom
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: DML: TPS voltage @ WOT
> Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: 4/25/00 10:12 AM
>
> As far as I've read, Tom, it's a potentiometer with closed tb plate
position
> close to 0.5v resistance and, at WOT position, just a little resistance.
>
> Bob
>
>



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