fordguy17

...for the TPS to be so far out of adjustment the car won't start even when on the gas?

thanks..

Joel5.0

Nope....you should be able to disconnect it, and the engine should be able to start....suggest to ID what is causing the no start....no spark, no fuel, and the reasons why .....

93 LX FiveO

my car would not start when the TPS was bad

fordguy17

well, my car had been bucking, hesitating, and misfring badly. so i decided to set the tps. while i was moving the sensor, all of the sudden the engines started to studder badly, like it was loading up. i gave it some throttle manually to keep it running but it was still spuddering badly and then cut out. i went to restart it and it would try to fire and i got it to run once for a few seconds. now it will not start again or even try to.

i saw some wet something on my driveway underneath the dumps. raw fuel?

what the hell did i do??

88BlueGT

Check it out... smell it. Or just light a cigarette and throw it in the puddle, see what happens. Just make sure you stand back a few inches [8D]

fordguy17

lol. it wasn't really a puddle. just a good amount of drops out of each pipe. it was kinda dark like dirty oil, but didn't really smell like it.

maybe like contaminated gas?

i can't imagine excess gas, after traveling through soot covered pipes, is gonna come out clear...

88BlueGT

It was comming out of your exhaust? condensation? It could be condensation, just dirty water from you exhaust. If it was gas you would be able to smell itvery clearly.

fordguy17

i'll try again when i get home. its probably dried up now.

i doubt it was condensation..never seen it come out of my pipes before. besides its like 70 degrees over here...

88BlueGT

If its comming out of your tailpipes its not gas. Im still going to stick w/ condensation even though it is wierd being 70 degrees but thats what Im sticking with lol

88BlueGT

And plus you said you smelled it and it didnt smell like anything right?