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Lost Throttle response on 2001 F250 7.3L

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7.4K views 3 replies 2 participants last post by  NoRalPh  
#1 ·
Hey! Wondering if someone could offer some insight on what the problem might be before I start ordering parts:
The truck was going down the road fine when all of a sudden I lost all throttle response, and all of my gauges stopped working. The truck starts and idles fine and has not thrown any codes. Was thinking it might be the throttle position sensor but didn't know if that would cause the gauges to stop working too?
The truck is a 2001 f250 7.3L with a 6 speed, around 220k miles on the truck
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
#3 ·
None of the fuses appear to be blown. Also the info you sent appears to be for an automatic truck, my truck is a manual not sure if the solution is still relevant?
I changed the pedal assembly and still no change.
Pulled the codes and the truck and its giving me a P1290, Cylinder Temperature head? Is this relevant?
 
#4 ·
There goes my reading comprehension fault again, you Clearly said 6-speed didn't you? :(

And frankly, I'm not sure how that circuit (you don't have an OverDrive sw) is associated with the TPS & Cluster, but it might be somewhere else...

You're really better off checking fuses with a meter, "visually" can be unreliable and sometimes fuses that Look Good can actually be either Open, not connected to the fusebox solidly, or passing too little power to keep downside stuff running right.

As for your code (P1290) makes me suspect that you're not using the right equipment for our trucks. There is no 1290 because there is no cly head temp sensor. The right scanner might find a more relevant code but, more importantly, would allow you to read the TPS values to confirm it's communicating with the PCM.


My Usual Scanner Advice;

If you're gonna keep & maintain the truck yourself I strongly suggest you get access to the special scanner software you need to do it.

To retrieve most of the codes you'll need to help and even do some testing look at the FORscan Lite or TorqueApp (you add an Android device and Blue Tooth Adapter for @ $30) OR the Windoze version with a USB adapter. I like this one for BT Android -> http://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-34t5-Bluetooth-Android/dp/B005NLQAHS/

Just a few years ago you needed to buy a professional scan tool because our trucks need to have a scanner with a Library containing both the Ford Proprietary AND the Diesel Specific codes in it. Add to that, our trucks are Not, specifically, OBD-II so the Generic scanners the Auto Parts Stores have are of little use to us. But today there are some very good App based tools, that are close to what the pro tools do, for fraction of the cost.