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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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could this mean a bad tps?

Ive adjusted my tps acouple times, always with the car fully warmed up. But the idle just wont stay the same. Tonight i went out after work, adjusted, rechecked, readjusted, about 8 times or more, always with the car at full operating temperature. My car is a 90 gtu na. I cant seem to understand how to adjust it through the tps connection, i just just cant figure out what wires to probe for resistance so ive just been probing the g/r wire and adjusting to 1v. Anyway, once i adjust, i fire it up, and it idles nicely right at 750. But as soon as i hit the fuel pedal, when the rpms come back down, it comes back to 1k, everytime. Would this indicate a bad tps and time for another one? Thanks for the help, you guys on here have been great.
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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A properly adjusted TPS will help smooth out a fluctuating idle but it doesn't actually set the idle speed. It's possible the throttle cable is not releasing fully or the throttle plates are sticking a bit and so on. It takes about twenty minutes of driving time for the engine to warm fully when the air temp is fairly warm just as a reminder.
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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Have you been setting the Initial set coupler before setting the TPS?
if not it will just revert back to the the same old stuff that it was doing.
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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by misterstyx69
Have you been setting the Initial set coupler before setting the TPS?
if not it will just revert back to the the same old stuff that it was doing.
I havnt done that. I dunno what or where it is. Ill do some digging unless you know a link, thanks alot.
Ok, i found the initial set coupler, the green 2 wire plug, how do i set it? Do i need to jumper that connector before setting the tps? Thanks.

Last edited by whoknows; Nov 29, 2011 at 06:41 PM. Reason: new info
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 03:13 PM
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Ok, thanks alot, appreciate it, i will give it a shot and see what happens.
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