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Old May 19, 2002 | 10:52 PM
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Default Throwing Code 21 at Full Throttle

My 90 is throwing on the check engine light and setting code 21 at full throttle. I know its for TPS Sensor (High). The car came with a thottle performance switch installed when I bought the car, could this be setting the code? What do I look for and how do I check for the cause? Thanks

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Old May 19, 2002 | 10:57 PM
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Use a DMM to measure the voltage at idle & full throttle.
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Old May 19, 2002 | 10:58 PM
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It means TPS voltage is higher then it should be. Could be a bad sensor or a short in the wires. Could cleary be a fault with that liar add on. Remove it and see what happens, it will not effect performance at all.
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