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XJR6 throttle spring woes

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Old 08-16-2018, 02:41 AM
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‘My XJR6 throttle body springs have fatigued and don’t fully close the throttle every time. New ones are unavailable. My mechanic has put on a stronger spring but this limits throttle opening to 50% of maximum, presumably due to some ‘slip’ in the traction control unit.
i was hoping the traction control unit could be bypassed completely with a one-piece cable connecting accelerator pedal to throttle, but I don’t know whether the ECU expects some continuous input from the traction control unit - presumably not, given there is a TPS.
Another option is to have a one-piece cable to the throttle body, bypassing the traction unit, and still have the original first half of the cable connecting pedal to traction unit so it thinks it’s connected....

any experience out there?
 
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Maybe buy a used throttle assembly.
 
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Jaguar issued a TSBs for this fault 20 years ago.

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Like bob said. This was a issue years ago. Turn the throttle spring around one more turn tighter, and clean the throttle body, and adjust the cable for the least amount of slack while youre in there
 
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It's NA vice supercharged, but here's some visuals on putting an extra turn on the spring:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...carman-111454/
 
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Thanks for the replies
the throttle body is clean, that’s not the problem.
‘The springs are stuffed and new ones are unobtanium.
 
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Old 08-16-2018, 03:33 PM
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You don't need new springs, although they are still available from JCP, only got a replacement couple of months ago from my local dealer. Simply add an extra turn to both two top springs and it will open/close as new. Details here: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...0/#post1837396
 
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