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Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:07 am

what should go to this??
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and where does this go?
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haha i was lookin under my bay today and noticed these 2 things not plugged to where they should go... any ideas? :)
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I think they're both related to the cat??
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:39 am

1 throttle position switch
2 looks like fuel breather pipe
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:55 am

^+1 Agreed.
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:28 pm

should there be a plug er.. pluged into that then???
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:36 pm

The elecrical plug might be redundant, there is a similar one in my car that is unconnected. The hose needs reconnecting though.
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:38 pm

Electrical socket shown is definitely TPS.

Will move this to Tech Help, not Photo Gallery...
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DHFiS wrote:The elecrical plug might be redundant, there is a similar one in my car that is unconnected. The hose needs reconnecting though.
Connecting to what? If it's a breather pipe for the fuel tank it needs to be left as it is surely? :?
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:54 pm

Chris-W wrote:Electrical socket shown is definitely TPS..
And definitely needs a plug connected to it!
Where does the other end of the pipe go?
Does this car have a cat? (Or what age and model is the car?)
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aj_mckay wrote:
DHFiS wrote:The elecrical plug might be redundant, there is a similar one in my car that is unconnected. The hose needs reconnecting though.
Connecting to what? If it's a breather pipe for the fuel tank it needs to be left as it is surely? :?
The open end of the rubber hose is marked by a hose clip, if it was meant to be left unconnected it would not have had a hose clip on it.
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:28 pm

does it run at present?
without the tps plugged in :?
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:59 pm

its a 325i tourer, it seems to run fine thats why i wonderd if they were ment to have plugs to em, i only noticed it when i was topping my water up
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:21 pm

magpie wrote:does it run at present?
without the tps plugged in :?
It will but the idle will be high, It wont drive very well at full throttle either.

The pipe looks to have had a clip around it so it need's re-connecting, but im not exactly sure what it's for from that pic.
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:24 pm

looks like it may need to go to the throttle body :?
just a guess.if your happy now wait till you plug this in and the tps :wink:
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This engine cannot possibly run anything like properly with the TPS disconnected!
Brianmoooore wrote:
Chris-W wrote:Electrical socket shown is definitely TPS..
And definitely needs a plug connected to it!
Where does the other end of the pipe go?
Does this car have a cat? (Or what age and model is the car?)
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i cant find a plug to fit it tho??
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Brianmoooore wrote:This engine cannot possibly run anything like properly with the TPS disconnected!
Brianmoooore wrote:
Chris-W wrote:Electrical socket shown is definitely TPS..
And definitely needs a plug connected to it!
Where does the other end of the pipe go?
Does this car have a cat? (Or what age and model is the car?)

il try and get a video of it tomorrow, iv had it over a month and its ran fine
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:54 pm

I don't want video's! I want three simple questions answered!!!!!
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:57 pm

Find the relays near the coolant bottle under a black cover and trace the wireing back, the TPS wire branches off from that not far down (less that 12" iirc) it's a 3 pin plug.

Once the ECU knows to use it's full throttle map you will see the differance, i did on my M20B20 :)
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DHFiS wrote:
aj_mckay wrote:
DHFiS wrote:The elecrical plug might be redundant, there is a similar one in my car that is unconnected. The hose needs reconnecting though.
Connecting to what? If it's a breather pipe for the fuel tank it needs to be left as it is surely? :?
The open end of the rubber hose is marked by a hose clip, if it was meant to be left unconnected it would not have had a hose clip on it.
See what you mean, which kind of indicates it's not a breather pipe as first suspected.
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:26 pm

aj_mckay wrote: See what you mean, which kind of indicates it's not a breather pipe as first suspected.
Means no such thing - depends on the spec of the car.
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Brianmoooore wrote:I don't want video's! I want three simple questions answered!!!!!
now hurry up if you want it fixed :D
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