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Offline jeeeep

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throttle body help
« on: September 02, 2012, 06:25:23 PM »
I have a 97 TJ 4.0L and I need two sensors the ones on the throttle body the idle/air on valve cover side and the one on the firewall side please help this thing is going to drive me insane if I dont get this thing fixed it might accidently start on fire back in the bush lol

Offline FiEND

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Re: throttle body help
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2012, 01:41:20 AM »
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Offline BUKI

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Re: throttle body help
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2012, 06:45:27 AM »
Ok. So from the sounds of this and the other post you have made you are really green at wrenching/jeeps. No biggie we all have to start some where. Now you haven't in any post I have read given your symptoms of what is happening. Is it bucking/crazy hesitation. Idle all over the place?  You can remove the t body with the 4 bolts on top, remove t cable/kickdown cable, both harnesses and voila it should come out as a unit. Then you can remove the sensors (torx a 15 or 20) clean your t body and sensors/replace them. A tps can be had at parts source for 55 (yj price, tjs are different wiring is opposite).  Iac is more, but I wouldn't throw parts at it unless you know your problem.   Which brings me to codes, have any?  Have you done the 3 key , on off three times thingy?  Or an obd2 scanner? 

Offline jeeeep

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Re: throttle body help
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2012, 07:01:30 PM »
Ok. So from the sounds of this and the other post you have made you are really green at wrenching/jeeps. No biggie we all have to start some where. Now you haven't in any post I have read given your symptoms of what is happening. Is it bucking/crazy hesitation. Idle all over the place?  You can remove the t body with the 4 bolts on top, remove t cable/kickdown cable, both harnesses and voila it should come out as a unit. Then you can remove the sensors (torx a 15 or 20) clean your t body and sensors/replace them. A tps can be had at parts source for 55 (yj price, tjs are different wiring is opposite).  Iac is more, but I wouldn't throw parts at it unless you know your problem.   Which brings me to codes, have any?  Have you done the 3 key , on off three times thingy?  Or an obd2 scanner? 

well I am a HD mechanic but have never worked on a jeep in my life so its all kinda new in a way lol... so it wants to stall out all the time and is very hesitent when your stepping on the gas

Offline BUKI

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Re: throttle body help
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2012, 09:56:11 PM »
Ok. So from the sounds of this and the other post you have made you are really green at wrenching/jeeps. No biggie we all have to start some where. Now you haven't in any post I have read given your symptoms of what is happening. Is it bucking/crazy hesitation. Idle all over the place?  You can remove the t body with the 4 bolts on top, remove t cable/kickdown cable, both harnesses and voila it should come out as a unit. Then you can remove the sensors (torx a 15 or 20) clean your t body and sensors/replace them. A tps can be had at parts source for 55 (yj price, tjs are different wiring is opposite).  Iac is more, but I wouldn't throw parts at it unless you know your problem.   Which brings me to codes, have any?  Have you done the 3 key , on off three times thingy?  Or an obd2 scanner?  
I still say tps but that would have thrown a code
« Last Edit: September 03, 2012, 09:58:21 PM by BUKI »

Offline jeeeep

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Re: throttle body help
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2012, 09:34:27 PM »
I still say tps but that would have thrown a code


yes and it throws a po-132 code... well we took the throttle body off cleaned the inside, the idle/air put it back together works decent now still hesitates alot but no stalling so its getting better

Offline birdo

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Re: throttle body help
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2012, 02:14:28 PM »
Right-o...if it's still hesitating I would seriously look at replacing your O2 sensors. They can fail and not throw codes.
Mine was a stuttering, smoking, bucking pile of crap until I replaced them...Smooth as silk now.
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1999 Jeep TJ Sahara
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