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misfiring on throttle?! what the efff?!

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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 12:48 AM
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Exclamation misfiring on throttle?! what the efff?!

hi so im really frustrated now and i dont know what to do ... what can cause misfiring on throttle... all gears steady acceleration ... and it feel like its misfiring.

specs:
-87 NA 6 port
-132,xxx
-new plugs
-new wires
-new oil
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 10:12 AM
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adjust the tps sensor
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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only light accl? med and hard accl ok?
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Black Knight RX7 FC3S
adjust the tps sensor
do you think you can walk me through that plz
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by J5sense
only light accl? med and hard accl ok?
well actually its both i think . i havent really been gunning it cuz im scared a lil lolz but light and med for sure

do you know what else can cause this other than the tps?
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 02:41 AM
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I vote for TPS. Get yourself a multimeter and get ready to calibrate it. This one proved useful - http://www.fd3s.net/tps_adjustment.html

PS If/when you remove the AWS line from the throttle body, get ready to catch your spill of coolant! I'd have a towel/rag underneath and ready. Found out the hard way (maybe I didn't catch that in the link I posted)

Edit: Ignore the above, I thought I was posting under 3rd Gen.

Last edited by Kawizx9r; Oct 24, 2011 at 02:44 AM. Reason: Wrong vehicle!
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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on a S4 look at the back of the ecu, on pin 2g which is a green with red stripe wire, use a multimeter to probe that wire for 1 volt.
The wire has to have approximately 1volt at idle, at 800rpm or close to it, with engine warmed up already. If its not close to 1 volt adjust the tps in the engine bay by screwing the adjustment screw on the sensor.
Other people check for the resistance, but checking for volt is what the ecu reads it in.

The tps will also have breaks in contact within the sensor (it is a 20+ year old car) So you can do a sensor range sweep to check for any internal contact problem in the tps sensor.
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