I have been setting the tps as per the 3 feeler gauge set up you recommend and i had been getting the ohm readings you say i should be getting so i felt it must be a faulty tps switch. The weird thing is i was getting this problem all of last winter or whenever we had rain or very damp weather. During this summer in ireland we had little or no rain and i had no trouble and i had not touched the tps, as soon as the weather went back to normal ( damp or raining) the problem came back. I had checked the tps with the three feeler method and it was set ok with the proper ohm reading as well. I felt that it was an occasional short to earth with an insulation break with the water acting as a conduit. I know what you are saying is right but what i have noticed is that since i have removed the water from the loom the code 45 has not occurred. The other thing is that i moved the wiring up the valance out of the water pool that was beside the battery and maybe if there was a wire break it is happy where it is but this is highly unlikely. I did not yet change the tps switch it is running on the new one i got from aus but i hade been using this before.
Again thank you for all of your help and patience i hope and prey that the car stays working.
PS the wiring you described is the same one i have on my car i did try to see if there was a short to earth by disconnecting it at bothends and doing a resistance test to earth and i was not getting a short while wiggling the wiring about.
I know what i have done to try and cure the fault does not make sense and it may just be a coincidence that the fault has just stopped but i am just passing on to you what i have done and i am waiting for it to raise its ugly head again.
Again thank you for all of your help and patience i hope and prey that the car stays working.
PS the wiring you described is the same one i have on my car i did try to see if there was a short to earth by disconnecting it at bothends and doing a resistance test to earth and i was not getting a short while wiggling the wiring about.
I know what i have done to try and cure the fault does not make sense and it may just be a coincidence that the fault has just stopped but i am just passing on to you what i have done and i am waiting for it to raise its ugly head again.