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1997 Ford F-250 Lariat Reg Cab 139

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Rear Wheel Drive, Reg Cab 8' Styleside
14 mpg city / 19 mpg hwy

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August 20, 2011, 8:17 am

Aubrey P

Question: I have a standed shift tranny can the TPS make engine stall and restart in a second ?

Almost every time I start from a dead stop the truck will stall and restart in a second with a big slam also most but not all the time I will get pinging and it will ping when starting a hill , tack says 1200 RPM or more should not ping at this RPM will the TPS sensor do this??????????

June 4, 2015, 3:27 pm

Tracie J

I have a suspicion that that pinging sound may indicate a bad torque converter. The high RPM tells me that you have slippage. Best thing you can do is either buy a code scanner or take it to someone to get the codes scanned. I recently got a TPS cause I had a hard 1/2 shift.

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