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Re: XJ TPS life span

Thanks for the info. Next time I'll just try cleaning it first before I have
them put in a new one.

When yours went bad, did just the check engine light come on, or did you
start to have problems with the Jeep shifting too?

Hank

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F437FA2.BBA15EEA@sympatico.ca...
> Our 88 has almost 300K km on it on the original TPS.
>
> I have had the TPS die twice on me in the last 3 years and yes we do off
> road it, so it sees muddy water.
>
> On recommendations from folks here, I decided to clean it before
> shelling out money. I started with the easy clean and did the
> electrical plug with contact cleaner first.
>
> That lasted over 2 years until earlier this year when it went 'bad'
> again on an off road run. I used WD40 on the plug again and away it
> went.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> viriiman wrote:
> >
> > How long should a TPS last on a '01 XJ? I ask only because I'm going on
my
> > second one in about a year now. Started to shift at odd times and the
check
> > engine light came on, so I took it to the dealer.
> >
> > Looked at my mountain of paperwork on the Jeep and found out I had this
same
> > sensor replaced a little over a year ago. I know they should last longer
> > then a year, but I just though I'd ask.
> >
> > Any ideas as to what might be killing it? I've gone through a few
puddles on
> > road, nothing very deep, but splash up a lot of water. Other then that,
I
> > can't think of anything that would be killing this sensor.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Hank

Re: XJ TPS life span

I have no 'check engine light', my old computer isn't smart enough for
that...

And I have a standard, but my symptoms would have really messed up an
automatic shifter too.

I was getting high revs on start with a stall at the first stop. If it
started back up 'normal' all was fine, if it chose to start back up with
the high revs, then it would crap out again.

On that run this spring, it was stuck at +2000 rpm. Man on the ATV
trail we were on, screaming along at 2K was 'not' fun. The brakes
started smoking from me trying to hold it back.

I gave up trying to restart it to get it to drop and got out and cleaned
the thing. Bingo, instant nice idle again.

My wife mentioned she thought it was back up a bit yesterday, so I need
to do a proper clean and put some fresh dielectric grease on the plug's
rubber seal rather than the quickie 'trail fix' I did with WD40.

Mike

viriiman wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info. Next time I'll just try cleaning it first before I have
> them put in a new one.
>
> When yours went bad, did just the check engine light come on, or did you
> start to have problems with the Jeep shifting too?
>
> Hank
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:3F437FA2.BBA15EEA@sympatico.ca...
> > Our 88 has almost 300K km on it on the original TPS.
> >
> > I have had the TPS die twice on me in the last 3 years and yes we do off
> > road it, so it sees muddy water.
> >
> > On recommendations from folks here, I decided to clean it before
> > shelling out money. I started with the easy clean and did the
> > electrical plug with contact cleaner first.
> >
> > That lasted over 2 years until earlier this year when it went 'bad'
> > again on an off road run. I used WD40 on the plug again and away it
> > went.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > viriiman wrote:
> > >
> > > How long should a TPS last on a '01 XJ? I ask only because I'm going on
> my
> > > second one in about a year now. Started to shift at odd times and the
> check
> > > engine light came on, so I took it to the dealer.
> > >
> > > Looked at my mountain of paperwork on the Jeep and found out I had this
> same
> > > sensor replaced a little over a year ago. I know they should last longer
> > > then a year, but I just though I'd ask.
> > >
> > > Any ideas as to what might be killing it? I've gone through a few
> puddles on
> > > road, nothing very deep, but splash up a lot of water. Other then that,
> I
> > > can't think of anything that would be killing this sensor.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Hank

Re: XJ TPS life span

Thanks

Hank
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F43935C.AF766C2C@sympatico.ca...
> I have no 'check engine light', my old computer isn't smart enough for
> that...
>
> And I have a standard, but my symptoms would have really messed up an
> automatic shifter too.
>
> I was getting high revs on start with a stall at the first stop. If it
> started back up 'normal' all was fine, if it chose to start back up with
> the high revs, then it would crap out again.
>
> On that run this spring, it was stuck at +2000 rpm. Man on the ATV
> trail we were on, screaming along at 2K was 'not' fun. The brakes
> started smoking from me trying to hold it back.
>
> I gave up trying to restart it to get it to drop and got out and cleaned
> the thing. Bingo, instant nice idle again.
>
> My wife mentioned she thought it was back up a bit yesterday, so I need
> to do a proper clean and put some fresh dielectric grease on the plug's
> rubber seal rather than the quickie 'trail fix' I did with WD40.
>
> Mike
>
> viriiman wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the info. Next time I'll just try cleaning it first before I
have
> > them put in a new one.
> >
> > When yours went bad, did just the check engine light come on, or did you
> > start to have problems with the Jeep shifting too?
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:3F437FA2.BBA15EEA@sympatico.ca...
> > > Our 88 has almost 300K km on it on the original TPS.
> > >
> > > I have had the TPS die twice on me in the last 3 years and yes we do
off
> > > road it, so it sees muddy water.
> > >
> > > On recommendations from folks here, I decided to clean it before
> > > shelling out money. I started with the easy clean and did the
> > > electrical plug with contact cleaner first.
> > >
> > > That lasted over 2 years until earlier this year when it went 'bad'
> > > again on an off road run. I used WD40 on the plug again and away it
> > > went.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > >
> > > viriiman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > How long should a TPS last on a '01 XJ? I ask only because I'm going
on
> > my
> > > > second one in about a year now. Started to shift at odd times and
the
> > check
> > > > engine light came on, so I took it to the dealer.
> > > >
> > > > Looked at my mountain of paperwork on the Jeep and found out I had
this
> > same
> > > > sensor replaced a little over a year ago. I know they should last
longer
> > > > then a year, but I just though I'd ask.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas as to what might be killing it? I've gone through a few
> > puddles on
> > > > road, nothing very deep, but splash up a lot of water. Other then
that,
> > I
> > > > can't think of anything that would be killing this sensor.
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > Hank

Re: XJ TPS life span