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Old Dec 12, 2013 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by magnethead
any known history on the throttle body sensors? TPS, MAP, IAC?
Nothing that I know of but I got it a year ago and there was hardly any documentation on it. Was actually looking though my glove box for tune up papers the other day and found that the only papers in there were for tranny work @ 30,000 miles

I have a cheap-o obd-ii reader that gives me some real time info from the ecu, is there anyway I can use this to check out my sensors?
 
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Old Dec 12, 2013 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by kyle3194
Nothing that I know of but I got it a year ago and there was hardly any documentation on it. Was actually looking though my glove box for tune up papers the other day and found that the only papers in there were for tranny work @ 30,000 miles

I have a cheap-o obd-ii reader that gives me some real time info from the ecu, is there anyway I can use this to check out my sensors?
So you have more than just a reader, you have some level of a diagnostic tool if it can give you some real time data. It isn't possible to tell you what you can or cannot monitor with any particular tool, they all have a different functional repertoire - look up the manufacturer's web site and see if you can download a user's manual for the model you have (many of these sites have a "support" section where they provide various downloads like manuals or updated firmware or data tables).
 
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Old Dec 12, 2013 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Alfons
So you have more than just a reader, you have some level of a diagnostic tool if it can give you some real time data. It isn't possible to tell you what you can or cannot monitor with any particular tool, they all have a different functional repertoire - look up the manufacturer's web site and see if you can download a user's manual for the model you have (many of these sites have a "support" section where they provide various downloads like manuals or updated firmware or data tables).
I was wondering what I need to be looking at Alfons. Like air/fuel ratio, throttle percentage at various times. Things like that.
 
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