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Old Dec 20, 2022 | 05:15 PM
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Got a b18b trying to calibrate tps but i twist it all the way and max reading i get is 0.22 and thats on closed throttle. Is 2nd tps i try.
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 04:45 AM
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Default Re: Help Low voltage on tps

It sounds like you are not properly engaging the ears of the sensor in the part that holds them in the throttle body.
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 12:17 PM
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I'll look into that and recheck that. If it were not to be that what else can cause that problem not proper signal or ground?
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 12:23 PM
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Default Re: Help Low voltage on tps

The TPS is simply a resistive strip that takes a 5V reference and ground and outputs a voltage based on where the wiper is on the resistive strip.

What is the MINIMUM voltage you are seeing?

What does the voltage do as you (slowly) sweep the sensor from throttle closed to throttle open? Do you gradually get more voltage through the entire sweep, or are you getting the same voltage for most of the sweep then a small bump at the end?

Are you getting a good 5V and ground signal at the plug going into the sensor?
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 02:30 PM
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Default Re: Help Low voltage on tps

Lowest I got was 0.09 and swept it across when smooth and topped out at 0.21 to 0.22. Iam getting 5v to the yellow wire, iam getting continuity on the ground even tried a straight ground to the tps but no luck still same.
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 05:17 PM
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0.09V is too low. Take the sensor off the throttle body, plug it in, probe it, and sweep it by hand. If you get 4.5-5.0v at full sweep, the sensor is good and it is mounted incorrectly.
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Old Dec 22, 2022 | 02:23 PM
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Tps max reading I got tps off the throttle body was 3.13 all 3 tps same range reading.
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Old Dec 24, 2022 | 01:36 PM
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This would cause me to question your meter
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Old Dec 25, 2022 | 08:40 PM
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I will try another meter see if its that.
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Old Dec 28, 2022 | 07:14 PM
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A quick and dirty DC volt test for a meter is to get a brand new alkaline AA battery and read the voltage. If I recall, the alkaline should read 1.5 Volts while NiMH rechargables tend to be somewhere around 1.2 Volt.
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