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There's a spider in my TPS!

Old 11-18-2009, 04:43 PM
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There's a spider in my TPS!

I kicked a code P0120 yesterday which I also got about 2 months ago. Yesterday however, I lost power for a brief moment. The first time I ignored the code but yesterday I decided I would take further action. So I decided I would try cleaning out my throttle position sensor to see if it helps before I drop $85 on a new TPS. So I unscrew it and look inside the housing. There lay a crumpled up spider and a balled up web. I'm guessing somehow that little spider caused the TPS to misread.

Weird, but I'm hoping that solves the problem for good.
Old 11-18-2009, 04:58 PM
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Spiders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Spiders creep me out real bad.I have no problem with snakes though,go figure...lol
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I hate spiders. We all shoulda known it was those evil spiders messing up your TPS!
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damn pests! I had a mouse make a huge nest out of my air filter once. hope that solves it for you
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reminds me of a recent cartoon: http://www.offthemark.com/daily.php?go=1257723445
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ugh, I absolutely hate spiders.. I probably have 5 or 6 sticky tracks by my doors and scattered in just my room alone haha. They creep me out.
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Throttle Positioning Spider?
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right when i go to read over the new post a frikkin spider crawls across my shirt... They're takin over the world, i swear!!!
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You live out in the boonies in arkansas? is the movie deliverance the locals favorite flick?...j/k I use to live in Texico,oops I mean texas and seen trillions of spiders.Home of the 3lb. cockroach or as one of my kids use to call them " coproaches ".
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That spider was standard equiptment. If you removed him you have to replace him with another one.
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Lol,thats a scary thought.Only good spider is a dead one.
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Only in Canada.
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that spider was worth at least 3hp
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Originally Posted by habanero
Throttle Positioning Spider?
Awesome.
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