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speedyxjs

posted on 12/6/09 at 03:07 PM Reply With Quote
Transit connect - no throttle

Whilst driving home in the van just now, i had to stop at the railway. When i switched the engine on, i had no response from the throttle at all for about 5-6 seconds and then all was fine. Then i remembered the driver who normally uses the van said it was doing that the other day.
Has anyone ever come across this before?
Im not sure if it is a cable throttle of the dreaded fly by wire crap.





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blakep82

posted on 12/6/09 at 03:13 PM Reply With Quote
as far as i know, its one of these stupid electronic things with no cable. dangerous idea if you ask me





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dinosaurjuice

posted on 12/6/09 at 03:26 PM Reply With Quote
yep its fly by wire. theres no mechanical throttle on diesels so no need for a cable.

That particular van/engine only has 1 potentiometer with no back-up if it fails, so best to get it looked at....

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Danozeman

posted on 12/6/09 at 03:38 PM Reply With Quote
Theyr electronic throttle. The problem might not necessarily be to do with the throttle. It may be en engine sensor not picking up so the ecu is stopping you revving it.
There is differences between tddi and tdci aswell.
Get it plugged in.

[Edited on 12/6/09 by Danozeman]





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thunderace

posted on 12/6/09 at 04:43 PM Reply With Quote
here the transit forum its very good.


http://fordtransit.org/

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JoelP

posted on 12/6/09 at 05:06 PM Reply With Quote
my vivaro does that too occationally.






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SteveWalker

posted on 12/6/09 at 06:29 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
as far as i know, its one of these stupid electronic things with no cable. dangerous idea if you ask me


Hee, hee - dont know about dangerous, but they do serve a useful diagnostic purpose. A buyer at a place I used to work was complaining that his Audi wasn't accelerating well; he took it to the dealer, they stuck the reader on, pressed the throttle a few times and diagnosed ........ that his mat had slid forward and was stopping the pedal going full travel

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speedyxjs

posted on 12/6/09 at 07:30 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by SteveWalker
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
as far as i know, its one of these stupid electronic things with no cable. dangerous idea if you ask me


Hee, hee - dont know about dangerous, but they do serve a useful diagnostic purpose. A buyer at a place I used to work was complaining that his Audi wasn't accelerating well; he took it to the dealer, they stuck the reader on, pressed the throttle a few times and diagnosed ........ that his mat had slid forward and was stopping the pedal going full travel


And the bill for that was???





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Danozeman

posted on 12/6/09 at 08:17 PM Reply With Quote
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that his mat had slid forward and was stopping the pedal going full travel



My passat does that aswell. The mat slides under the pedal.





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