Throttle position sensor
#1
04-17-2006, 06:59 PM
Throttle position sensor
My buddy's got a 99 civic ex. Lately its been bogging down and we took it to the honda dealership said it was his throttle body position sensor. They said he would have to replace the whole throttle body. They said it would run him around 900 bucks without labor. Any input on just replacing the sensor or should he really replace the whole throttle body?
#3
04-17-2006, 08:27 PM
RE: Throttle position sensor
might be able to buy a new tb on ebay that comes with all the sensors, i think ive seen a few like that
#4
04-17-2006, 10:57 PM
RE: Throttle position sensor
You sure that the TPS is actually bad? Sometimes the techs don't know what they are doing, so i'm always a little skeptical especially if they don't explain to you how they know something is bad. $800 to change a TPS is way too expensive, you could change the TB yourself for a lot cheaper. You could even get a bigger TB a pick up a HP or 2.
#5
04-18-2006, 02:59 AM
RE: Throttle position sensor
You can take a TPS out. The things that hold them in are screws they just do not have a head for a wrench or a screw driver to fit into. Take a dremel and slice a lil place in it to use a flat tip screw driver and screw them out. you will need to calibrate the new TPS though.
4.5v at WOT
1.5v at closed throttle
Check ebay for a TPS though.
4.5v at WOT
1.5v at closed throttle
Check ebay for a TPS though.
#6
04-18-2006, 03:23 AM
RE: Throttle position sensor
ORIGINAL: Marty
You can take a TPS out. The things that hold them in are screws they just do not have a head for a wrench or a screw driver to fit into. Take a dremel and slice a lil place in it to use a flat tip screw driver and screw them out. you will need to calibrate the new TPS though.
4.5v at WOT
1.5v at closed throttle
Check ebay for a TPS though.
You can take a TPS out. The things that hold them in are screws they just do not have a head for a wrench or a screw driver to fit into. Take a dremel and slice a lil place in it to use a flat tip screw driver and screw them out. you will need to calibrate the new TPS though.
4.5v at WOT
1.5v at closed throttle
Check ebay for a TPS though.
No really, good call.$900 for a TB is rape.
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