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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 10:29 AM
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just swapped a b16 into my 95 cx and I installed my vafc. The vafc says throttle is 100% all the time. Checked all the wires like 10 times and swapped TPS's. WTF?!?!?
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 10:47 AM
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get your vafc checked out by apex,,,thats my 0.02
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 10:53 AM
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I just took it out of my other car and it was working perfectly.
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 11:02 AM
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do u have a friend with another vafc?if so leave your wires pluged into your ecu and try theirs.it sounds like there would be a wiring problem,but u said u have coverd that.Btw i had a customer who bought one used, the guy he got it from said it worked good,,,but when we hooked it up,,vtec cel and the map sen readings were wrong.i left his wiring hooked up and tryied mine in my car and it worked,,,again my .02
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 11:55 AM
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that is a possibility but it was working 30 mins earlier.
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 12:36 PM
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Does throttle decrease when you step on the gas with the car on?!?
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 01:05 PM
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nope
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 05:41 PM
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classic reversed wires into the ecu
recheck your splicing
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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 08:42 AM
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the only wires I spliced are the ones for the VAFC.
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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 10:24 AM
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I've got 5 volts to all three wires on the tps
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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 10:32 AM
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does anyone know wich wire goes to which pin on the ecu?
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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 03:35 PM
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http://www.apexi.com
they have instructions on the site
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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 03:43 PM
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I meant from the TPS
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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 04:23 PM
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im saying you have the wires spliced onto the tps incorrectly!!!
i cant remember what color to what color, but i bet your tps ground and your tps signal are reversed
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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 04:55 PM
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I only spliced the wire for the signal at the ECU.
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Old Nov 21, 2003 | 07:32 PM
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Iam also getting a cel for the MAP, ECT, & IAT and I know that the MAP and ECT are good.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 07:31 PM
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mine is wierd too. never hits 100%. most is like 10%. what is the sensor check for the throttle body supposed to read on the unit?
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 08:54 AM
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.45-.5 at idle & 5.xxx at full throttle
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