Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

adjusting tps sensor

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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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What's the worse that can happen if i don't adjust my tps?

Motor is a b20b if that matters.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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You'll run rich/lean acording to how its off, bad gas mileage, may not idle/run well. Its somewhat easy to adjust though, just do it. Search "tps" and you'll find a diy from not too long ago on how to adjust it.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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would a badly set tps cause a wonky idle? My idle sometimes sits randomly at 1900, then other times it'll idle at 1100, or even 900
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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For sure it would
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 06:48 PM
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yeah, my buddy car is idling at 1500 and back down.

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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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well today i was getting a CEL for TPS, (my boy broke it off when we did the swap ) when I start the car the motor idles at 2K, so I changed the TPS and no more CEL, but I didn't get to start the car up since its midnight here in NY (very loud @ open header , my pops will kick my ***
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