I haven't looked at it yet but I am going to have to replace my TPS sensor. There is rivets that I need to remove to take it off? I just am wondering how people removed the rivets as I was told they are hard to remove.

 

You can grind the rivets end off and just use bolts to reinstall the new one. There are threads where the rivets were.

 

if you take a dremel and slice a nice semi-deep line into the rivets, you can use a flat head screwdriver to unscrew the rivets.

 

I concur with Katman
simple...easy....effective

 

I think I might go with the dremel approach.

 

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That's how I always take them off.

 

thanks guys. my tps sensor failed on my h22a4, i used a dremel just as you said and swapped in a tps sensor from an accord (f22 i beleive). it worked perfectly. make sure you cut deep so your flathead doesnt strip it or slip.

 

what effects did the bad tps sensor cause. Loss of power when trying to reach WOT or rev up?????????? when i get on the gas slowly, it runs fine!!!!!!!i got a bad tps and that's what's happening in my car

 

mr. redline what are the effects of a bad tps

 

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They're threaded?

 

i have this bookmarked..... i will be removing tps soon.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mcspd704 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">mr. redline what are the effects of a bad tps</TD></TR></TABLE>It varies. Some cars stumble in midrange acceleration. If it sets a code economy will suffer. Automatics won't shift right. The TPS is what triggers the fuel injector cutoff when the throttle plate is closed and the RPM is over 1100-1200 such as during decelleration in gear or during gear change. It may be an EGR enabler/dissabler, but I'm not sure about that one. I'm sure there are other functions. Many manual trans cars will run fine on default with a bad TPS.

 

with a bad tps the ecu cant tell you are pushing the gas pedal. your car will keep cutting the fuel every time the rpms reach 1400-ish, because the ecu thinks its idling too high.


Katman, yes they are threaded.

 

Usually they don't go totally bad. They just develop dead spots that may cause a stumble, the driver will usually push the gas harder and get past the dead spot. This may or may not set a code. Where it develops the dead spot will determine how the engine reacts.