92prelude23

i got a 70mm throttle body and a new tps. in the direction for the tps it says to use a volt meter and connect the black wire to chassis ground and the red wire to the center wire on the tps sensor plug. and when the engine is off check voltage on the center wire of the tps connector. adjust the rotation of the tps sensor till .45 volts is achieved then tighten the bolts that secure the tps to the throttle body. i didnt really think it was a big deal to do this so i put it all on and started the car up and the car almost died and smoke was coming out of the area of the throttle body/mani. could the smoking be a reason for me not using a volt meter on the new tps?


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bb4socal

bro....u need to caliberate the tps so that it can send the right signal to the ecu. if i can remember, at closed throttle there should be 0 volts(or .45v) and at wide open throttle there should be 5 volts or close. probably 4.5 volts.the smoke..that makes no sense. nothing could smoke unless it was the tps sensor blowing out.