question... at 200ohm range on my multimeter, i get .4 ohms measurement when i touch the leads together for a continuity check....does this rule out the instrument for making accurate assessments?

i measured my TPS as having 1427 ohms on a 2000 ohm scale. the bentley says it should be 1k ohms in the same position. if i multiply out .4 times 1k, it gives me about 1400 ohms, which would make sense. however, when i switch my meter to 20k ohms, and do the wide open test (book says APPROXIMATELY 4K OHMS) the meter reads 3.758 k ohms.

i guess my question is, as bentley says the values are approximately 1k and 4k, is my meter accurate enough to measure the tps, since it says .4 ohms on a continutity test?