Okay I was doing a tune up on my X-type, When I was finished un-bolting the intake manifold, I forgot to unplug the Throttle Position Sensor. The wires riped out of there sockets and I have no idea what order they go in. Please if some one can post a picture up close of there TP Sensor with the wires conected I would be most greatfull!!!! Help me please!!!!

 

Hi wangan and welcome to the forum!
Its usually a nice idea and sorta SOP for new members to introduce themselves in the " new members" section with a little info about them n thier cars before asking for help!

Unfortunatley I cannot help but we have some really good people here who will very shortly probably.

In the meantime I suggest a short intro in the new member section.

Good luck

Jim

 

Yeah, what Jim, said..

But here ya go..from top to bottom the wire colors are;
BLACK
YELLOW
BROWN
ORANGE

 

Hey thanks guys!!!! Oh sorry Jim, I posted some info about my self in the new members area... And thanks a mill Dennis I owe you one!!!! Thanks for the welcome

 

Nice one Dennis
Hopefully with guys like Dennis and the rest of the crew to help and answer your questions wangan we might see more of you.
Good luck with the fix

Jim

 

for sure!!! and hopfully I will be able to help out as well Thank's.

 

Yeah what they said! Welcome as well! Hey dennis clean that thing up bro!

 

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Oppppsssss what would I say ?
WELCOME TO THE FORUMS

 

Dennis I just looked again mate......you need to get the hoover out bro....lol
Eagle eyed Aquill

Jim

 

Everything worked out fine ****?

 

DAMN..now I can't get the right bonnet latch to release...WTF now???[:@]

I got it to open once more after dicking around with it, having the wife hold the release leverto openwhile I lifted on the bonnet and it finally unlatched...the release catch lets it go when you push down on the latch, so I oiled it up and lookd for anything broken, then closed the bonnet again,Damn, it won't unlatch again...Never happened before, till just now..Any ideas?

 

Shheeeeeaat ..............sounds like a job for FJT..........unless anyones had similar experience? I can't recall anything about the bonnet / hood cathces?

Soz Dennis

Jim

 

Thanks for the vote of confidence..But like You said, I pushed down on the latch while the bonnet was open and the little release catch unlatched it and it spring loaded open like it should..I'm thinking somthing is binding the main latch once it's closed by the bonnet and will not let it spring open....Wifey is out with the car right now and maybe driving around will loosen stuff up enough to open it again and then I'll look closer at the cable, latch, etc..Maybe the cable needs to be tightened by some adjustment to make it shorter..beats me right now..the damn JTIS don't show squat either about it.

 

Well good luck...this morning on my way to the dealer the little red warning light kept popping on and off and than I pulled to the side of the expressway and checked it out...couldn't find anything got back into the car and the light didn't come on even though I didn't even open the hood again, all i did was make sure it was closed???

 

Thanks Dennis!!! Just finished the TP Sensor, I had to wait for the rain to go so it took a while for me to start. but every thing seems to be fine. I owe you one bro...

 

Sorted wangan?
Excellent.....the advice from Dennis did the trick then huh?

Jim

 

Yeah. I feel bad though!! If it wasn't for my problem Dennis's hood would still work, my bad!!

 

It's cool..Thanks **** for the concern, it was bound to happen sooner or later..I'm real glad you got your TP all hooked up again..good job mate...

I got my hood latch fixed...The only way to unlatch itif the cable comes off as in my case, is to remove the front lower undertray, (which is held in place by 19 thousand torx head screws[&:]) then reach way up with a tip of your finger, you can spring the latch..Whew!!! took me an hour of poking around before I figured it out..What happened was, the cable popped off the latch which has a little ball fused to the cable and the fed through an eye thingy lever on the latch release..the ends of the cable sheath snap into place on either end of the latch assemby with about two inches of bare cable exposed between the ends with this fused on little ball in the middle..some how the cable endspopped out of their holders and the cable wire and little ballcame out of the latch release lever eye...Anyway did a little squeezing of the part that pinches the cable ends in place and snapped all back together...

However interestingly enough, IMHO, the Bonnet release cable they used in my car is for a Right Hand Drive car (RHD)..assuming the Brits have their Bonnet release on the right side of the car..(Please, anybody with a RHD X, confirm where the bonnet release is)....The cable was not correct for the fitting of the Bonnet latch..You can tell by looking at it, the little ball that is fuse into the cable is backward in relation to which way it pulls on the latch....So I will keep an eye on it in case it works loose again.

 

Damn, well i'm glad to here that you fixed it!good job.