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From: bloomfield nj
would not believe
I cant believe the weekend i had , about two weeks ago i changed the tps sensor on my car not that my car was runnning bad it was just that it idled a little erratic nothing bad just a little.I went to autozone and changed it and my car ran worst and then all of a sudden my tranny started acting up , it shifted crazy and bogged up .Well today i said let me try the original part and guess what the car runs perfect.The whole point of this writeup is to say i never knew the tps sensor had so much to do with the transmission.
I cant believe the weekend i had , about two weeks ago i changed the tps sensor on my car not that my car was runnning bad it was just that it idled a little erratic nothing bad just a little.I went to autozone and changed it and my car ran worst and then all of a sudden my tranny started acting up , it shifted crazy and bogged up .Well today i said let me try the original part and guess what the car runs perfect.The whole point of this writeup is to say i never knew the tps sensor had so much to do with the transmission.
you needed to adjust it... i'm assuming you used the clean spots under the bolts on the original sensor to line it up right? the TPS has eeeeverything to do with how the a/t shifts because the less throttle you use, the higher a gear it wants to be in at a given speed, and the more throttle you use, the lower the gear it wants to be in. so if there was a discrepancy between indicated throttle position and actual throttle position, well there you go.
it wouldnt' cause a sticky throttle unless the TPS was mechanically damaged (i.e. full of water and corroded inside), but I still don't see how that would cause a sticking throttle...
I'd check your throttle return spring and cable, as well as remove the intake and clean the throttle body. if the cable is corroded internally, it could make the cable hard to slide in the sheath.
try removing the throttle cable from the throttle body and open the throttle by hand. see if it's the TB itself sticking. If that all rotates freely, then leave the cable unhooked from the TB and push the gas pedal with your hand. then go back under the hood and pull the cable out. it should slide freely with no binding. if it doesn't, then you need to replace the throttle cable. of course if you've worked on the car lately and moved the cable, it could simply be bent into too tight of a radius and causing issues that way. reroute the cable and see if that helps.
I'd check your throttle return spring and cable, as well as remove the intake and clean the throttle body. if the cable is corroded internally, it could make the cable hard to slide in the sheath.
try removing the throttle cable from the throttle body and open the throttle by hand. see if it's the TB itself sticking. If that all rotates freely, then leave the cable unhooked from the TB and push the gas pedal with your hand. then go back under the hood and pull the cable out. it should slide freely with no binding. if it doesn't, then you need to replace the throttle cable. of course if you've worked on the car lately and moved the cable, it could simply be bent into too tight of a radius and causing issues that way. reroute the cable and see if that helps.
it wouldnt' cause a sticky throttle unless the TPS was mechanically damaged (i.e. full of water and corroded inside), but I still don't see how that would cause a sticking throttle...
I'd check your throttle return spring and cable, as well as remove the intake and clean the throttle body. if the cable is corroded internally, it could make the cable hard to slide in the sheath.
try removing the throttle cable from the throttle body and open the throttle by hand. see if it's the TB itself sticking. If that all rotates freely, then leave the cable unhooked from the TB and push the gas pedal with your hand. then go back under the hood and pull the cable out. it should slide freely with no binding. if it doesn't, then you need to replace the throttle cable. of course if you've worked on the car lately and moved the cable, it could simply be bent into too tight of a radius and causing issues that way. reroute the cable and see if that helps.
I'd check your throttle return spring and cable, as well as remove the intake and clean the throttle body. if the cable is corroded internally, it could make the cable hard to slide in the sheath.
try removing the throttle cable from the throttle body and open the throttle by hand. see if it's the TB itself sticking. If that all rotates freely, then leave the cable unhooked from the TB and push the gas pedal with your hand. then go back under the hood and pull the cable out. it should slide freely with no binding. if it doesn't, then you need to replace the throttle cable. of course if you've worked on the car lately and moved the cable, it could simply be bent into too tight of a radius and causing issues that way. reroute the cable and see if that helps.