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Wont hold idle, between idle and 1900 rpms,out of gear

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Old 08-23-2018, 03:14 PM
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Got a weird issue. Truck runs fine. But lately, when im idling i cant touch the gas and hold it under 1900 rpms. It instantly jumps up to 1900. Only works when im in drive or reverse then i can hold it at 700, 800, 900, etc.. any ideas? Im thinking throttle cable or something like that. I have a new iac on it, since i had a problem with it dieing randomly at idle.
 
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what year, engine, mods ?
 
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Thought i had all that in a caption thingy at the bottom. Its a 99 laramie 4wd with the 46re. And 5.9l gas.
 
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And only mods are i beleive its a 3 inch intake. And dual exhaust.
 
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Possibly throttle position sensor.
 
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Old 08-23-2018, 06:40 PM
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Rite on. Ill test her out and see if i cant find anything. Thats the only sensor i could thing itd be as well. Ive replaced most just not that one. Thanks peps!
 
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I tested the old tps.
Idle- .33v
WOT-1.97
i also have a hughes intake with throttle body. I looked through there manual last night, since i also have a whistling after heavy throttle. The truck also does not have a warm up mode. If i start it cold in the morning it shoots up high then almost instantly drops to idle. Thats when i try to hold the idle at 1000 or so in cold weather to warm up faster but it wont let me, instead it goes to 2000rpms.
 
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TPS readings are wrong. There is a problem there. Low value is good, high value is not.
 
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Maybe i tested the wrong wires. Manual isnt to helpful since it only says the middle wire is the feed to the pcm and everything else refers to using the DRB. So i probed the middle wire and the left wire as ground, towards the front. That was my reading on the 9v scale i used for my voltmeter. I replaced the sensor and still nothing.
 
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Also when i bought the new tps the old one i had that came on the truck was adjustable, drilled out. And i took off that adjuster for the iac PO had hooked up.
 


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