[jpr Jeremy]

So I take my jeep out to my sons baseball practice tonight, first time I've driven it since the Rocks & Valleys Easter run. It's ran great until tonight. It starts, idles, & takes off just fine, but when I let out the clutch to shift up a gear it bogs & misfires until I let up on the throttle a bit, while it bogs I could smell unburnt fuel. The check engine didn't come on either. What should I look for in this situation? My jeep is a '95 YJ 2.5l 5 speed, 35's with 4.88 gears.

 

[Toyfish]

Check for plugged exhaust or bad tps sensor

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[jpr Jeremy]

Check for plugged exhaust or bad tps sensor

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The plugged exhaust is a possibility, I just remembered there was something rattling in my muffler during my post beat down inspection. I'll be changing the muffler out before I dig into it any further. Thanks, I figured I would pick the great minds of GL4x4 while getting my kids in bed.

 

[Toyfish]

its prolly not the muffler more than likely its the converter guts all broke up and plugging the inlet to your muffler

 

[jpr Jeremy]

I know it's not the cat, that's been gone for a few years. Is there a way to test the tps?

 

[Toyfish]

The easiest way to test a tps is with a scanner and watch the % numbers as u sloely push down the gas pedal but if ur muffler is rattling i would start there first

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[jpr Jeremy]

The easiest way to test a tps is with a scanner and watch the % numbers as u sloely push down the gas pedal but if ur muffler is rattling i would start there first

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Thanks for the input. Now that the kids are in bed I had time to search a little more. It definitely sounds like the tps took a shit but I'll check it from my uncle's scanner before I start throwing money at it.

 

[Rob the plumber]

You can use a multimeter. There are 3 wires. 5v, ground, and tps voltage. Less than a volt at idle, and 4.7ish at wot. The tps voltage should smoothly increase to maximum voltage while the throttle is being applied. Look for spikes and dead spots.

 

[jpr Jeremy]

You can use a multimeter. There are 3 wires. 5v, ground, and tps voltage. Less than a volt at idle, and 4.7ish at wot. The tps voltage should smoothly increase to maximum voltage while the throttle is being applied. Look for spikes and dead spots.

Thanks, that sounds easy enough to do.

 

[jpr Jeremy]

So, after spending about 12hrs total here and there tracing wires, cleaning grounds, testing sensors & circuits, & finally checking all the fuel components. I had it narrowed down to the fuel pump, it would run but wouldn't build a whole lot of pressure. That's when I decided it was time to drop the fuel tank. As I started to drop the tank I noticed one minor detail that I over looked....the damn tank was EMPTY!!! I never even thought to check that since the gauge still read just over 1/4 tank. So the moral of the story is...start with the basics.

 

[Toyfish]

But now u know all ur sensors r good lol

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