On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 01:23:23AM -0000, jidoo wrote:
>
>
> Due to some very bad behavior-- bucking and losing all acceleration in
> very intermittent episodes--- I disconnected the microswitch on the
> throttle assembly and the problem went away. The idle is high as heck
> but boy it performs better including better overall acceleration and
> smoothness. What is the downside of this "fix"?
>
> With it connected I would (on a given day) drive along and at say 1900
> rpm the pedal would effectively do nothing --then when the idle
> dropped down to about 1300 I could gingerly accelerate back up. Not
> fun on the highway but I learned to put it into N to drop the idle and
> then bring it back up to the "limit"... would a new micro switch be
> the fix?
The switch is stuck closed. What you are seeing is the ECU cutting
fuel as it thinks you are coasting. It only cuts fuel over 1300rpm...
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Eduardo Kaftanski
eduardo@linuxcenterla.com
Red Hat Certified Engineer/Instructor/Examiner
Gerente Ingenieria LinuxCenter S.A.
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http://www.linuxcenterla.com +56-2-4834000
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