idle help
#1
idle help
really really really do need advice and help
my car will only idle at 4,000rpm
what can I do to fix this? where do I start ? what to adjust ?
I have been buying and collecting parts and building this car for 19 months, everything is assembled, when i turn the key the motor goes straight for 4k RPMs, I have not a clue how to fix this and have no way to properly time it at this engine speed?
someone has to know something, come on i need your advice
my car will only idle at 4,000rpm
what can I do to fix this? where do I start ? what to adjust ?
I have been buying and collecting parts and building this car for 19 months, everything is assembled, when i turn the key the motor goes straight for 4k RPMs, I have not a clue how to fix this and have no way to properly time it at this engine speed?
someone has to know something, come on i need your advice
#4
Cav Scout
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My hard drive crashed so I lost all my bookmarks but this should help you out.
This was the issue for my horrible idle (2k idle and sticking at 4k)
http://www.fd3s.net/tps_adjustment.html
EDIT
Here is the one that I was looking for. Great page.
http://www.rx7.org/Robinette/tps_adj.htm
This was the issue for my horrible idle (2k idle and sticking at 4k)
http://www.fd3s.net/tps_adjustment.html
EDIT
Here is the one that I was looking for. Great page.
http://www.rx7.org/Robinette/tps_adj.htm
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#12
thanks you two for the advice, I called it a night for today. Tomorrow I will get up and give it another shot, I will try to start this beast without the TPS on and post what is the result. ps I un-connected the throttle cable because at first I thought the cable was causing tension which caused the car to idle so high. Now i know this isnt that case.
#17
TPS adjustment And for the throttle arms take off your "elbow" attached to the throttle body and move the throttle by hand and see how the butterfly valves move.
#22
Sharp Claws
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but the TPS is reading 0 volts while connected, i don't believe that is possible unless the TPS is installed incorrectly, the 5 volt reference driver is dying or grounding out somewhere or the ground circuit is failing to the sensor.
in any case, i suppose twisting the TPS while reading the hand controller may give an idea to ruling out some of that. beyond that you'll have to find a manual for a DVOM, just about any non scaling DVOM manual will give you the basics on how to read it. it's too time consuming for me to write it all out. but to get you started, hook up the black lead to the negative battery terminal, red lead to the wire you're reading. turn the DVOM switch on or turn the dial to DCV(direct current volts) and scale to 10/12/20(different DVOMs use a different scale for 2 digit volts).
in any case, i suppose twisting the TPS while reading the hand controller may give an idea to ruling out some of that. beyond that you'll have to find a manual for a DVOM, just about any non scaling DVOM manual will give you the basics on how to read it. it's too time consuming for me to write it all out. but to get you started, hook up the black lead to the negative battery terminal, red lead to the wire you're reading. turn the DVOM switch on or turn the dial to DCV(direct current volts) and scale to 10/12/20(different DVOMs use a different scale for 2 digit volts).
Last edited by RotaryEvolution; 09-12-11 at 02:21 PM.
#23
Afghx I will read up on how to operate one of these DVOM tools. Thanks for the head start on understanding, now all i need to figure out is the scale which it displays in and what that means.
Karack I will flip the TPS to aim the other way and try it out, I cannot imagine that this is the issue because it worked flawlessly in this position for 25k miles on the previous motor.
One thing that has been changed since last time it ran was
I removed 100% of the stuff from the engine bay, cleaned everything, then painted the whole bay. Maybe the TPS ground is not grounded properly? does this sound reasonable ?
thx for the advice
Karack I will flip the TPS to aim the other way and try it out, I cannot imagine that this is the issue because it worked flawlessly in this position for 25k miles on the previous motor.
One thing that has been changed since last time it ran was
I removed 100% of the stuff from the engine bay, cleaned everything, then painted the whole bay. Maybe the TPS ground is not grounded properly? does this sound reasonable ?
thx for the advice
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