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1957 MGA
By Iain Curry
WD-40
By Iain Curry
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X28-II
10A
40A
F27
F9
X28-I
F7
F30
15A
15A
ws rt
sw og
COMPLAINT
Vehicle starts, runs up to 1500rpm and
shuts down.
A5
H63
br
ws
br ge
br
br sw
hgn
15
B54
1
B156
B25
br ws
25 38 36
A A A
hgn sw
13
A
gr
sw
30 41
A
8
45
A
ge
14
ge
B83 B172 B1
2
gr
gr
gr
ws rt
ws rt
ws rt
ws rt
ws rt
ws rt
bl
rt
A
6
hgn
bl
35
B
hgn
S253
24
B
sw
S79
K143
br ws
hbl
sw
ge bl
ge bl
sw
gr
gr ge
sw
ws rt
ws rt
sw
sw
sw og
10 12 1 11 23 43 45
B
B B B B
B B
sw
ws
ws
gr
br
br
29 19 21 20
B
B B
B
A
5
ws
CAN-H
br ge
B B B
B
14 13 39
9
A35
17 28 18
B B B
rt
rt
br ge
CAN-H
B
15
rt sw
CAN-L
rs bl
br
rt sw (MT)
B B
4 41 30
hgn
BA Falcon
Y3-IV
Y3Y81-I Y81-II Y3-I
Y3-III
Y3-V
2
2
2
2
2
2
CAUSE 2
This particular vehicle was checked and
found to have only 2V on the B28 connection
supplying both sensors one and two.
1
1
1
1
1
It was 1discovered
that1the power
steering
switch (PSS) which normally is closed at
rest, and provides 5V to pin B33 from B31.
When power steering pressure increases
(when turning) this circuit opens. The faulty
PSS allowed partial current return causing
a corruption and in turn caused the 5-volt
reference to be corrupted.
ws rt
rs bl
gr
B B
6 7
rt sw (AT)
ge sw
hgn
gr sw
rs og
B
32
Y3-II
Looking at theS28
circuitB161
in question, the
5
APP is a combination of three individual
S249 with two wired with common X1
sensors,
2
6 4 and return wiring, with the14
reference
third6 13
a separate sensor although still within the
primary unit.
When mechanical control is taken away
from the driver, in this case the removal
of the throttle cable (fly by wire) electronic
redundancies must be employed, to provide
safety (run away situation). If a single APP
sensor fails, the ETC light illuminates. It
takes the failure of two APP sensors to
initiate limp mode/part throttle.
rs sw
B
25
ge ws
hbl
16
B
B
B
22 40
App sensor
CAN-L
8 2 3
A A A
gn rt
hgn
gn rt
gn rt
sw og
sw
gr
B
B
34 46
3
ge
rt
hgn
rt
rt
DIAGNOSIS
Scan tool displayed the following codes:
P0121 Throttle position sensor - circuit
range /performance
P2110 Throttle actuator control
system (TAC) - forced limited rpm
(in this instance complete shutdown)
P2127 Throttle/Pedal position sensor
(switch E) - low input
P2129 Throttle/Pedal position sensor
(switch E) intermittent input
P2132
Y102
Y104Throttle/Pedal
S13position
S101sensor
A16
1 (switch
3
2
2
F) low input
P2134 Throttle/Pedal position sensor
(switch F) intermittent input
P2135 Throttle/Pedal position sensor A
1
2 and1B voltage correlation
1 fault
P2138 Throttle/Pedal position sensor D
and E voltage correlation fault
P2139 Throttle/Pedal position sensor D
and F voltage correlation fault
From the code set, we can see issues
with the TPS/APP, and low/intermittent
voltage input (reference voltage to
sensors) on sensors E and F, and APP
sensor correlation issues
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