So I get in my cat to head to work after not driving it all weekend, and on my way here I can the familiar surge caused by a bad TPS. So i get to work and check it out and the bottom screw had completely fallen out, the top one was barely in and the gasket its in peices. So i pull off the sensor and peel the gasket off and replace it but now my motor is reving real high (no surge).
Should I just replace the TPS or is there another problem?

 

putting the tps back on you have to line it up... look inside you'll know what i mean.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deadline &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">putting the tps back on you have to line it up... look inside you'll know what i mean.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you look at the tps, there is a wheel with a pointer on it (kinda like a speedo needle, but not the same shape)

that bar fits into a slot on the throttle body.

when you get that in the slot you can feel resistence on the tps if you try and turn it.

now that you have it in place put the bolts back in, but dont tighten them all the way, snug them enough to hold it in place, but still allows you to turn the tps.

now get a multimeter and set it to voltage.

tap the positive on the multimeter to the center wire, its red/blue (or black, i cant remember)

then ground the black wire from the multimeter (i use the battery ground)

turn the tps so that at closed throttle with the key on (car not running) it reads .45 volts on the meter.

now tighten the bolts on the tps.

make sure it still reads .45v closed throttle.

now go to WOT (wide open throttle)

at wot it should read between 4.5v and 5.0 v.

if it does, then you are ready to go

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92ehatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

if you look at the tps, there is a wheel with a pointer on it (kinda like a speedo needle, but not the same shape)

that bar fits into a slot on the throttle body.

when you get that in the slot you can feel resistence on the tps if you try and turn it.

now that you have it in place put the bolts back in, but dont tighten them all the way, snug them enough to hold it in place, but still allows you to turn the tps.

now get a multimeter and set it to voltage.

turn the tps so that at closed throttle with the key on (car not running) it reads .45 volts on the meter.

now tighten the bolts on the tps.

make sure it still reads .45v closed throttle.

now go to WOT (wide open throttle)

at wot it should read between 4.5v and 5.0 v.

if it does, then you are ready to go</TD></TR></TABLE>
yes

 

edited above so he knows which wire to tap into for voltage reading