cadebenzon
10-09-2010, 09:02 PM
So I just bought my ep a few weeks ago, and I knew there was a small problem with (suposedly) the throttle position sensor. usually in second or third gear, if you were holding 2-4k rpms, the car would stutter a bit, nothing big. Kid I bought it from said his mechanic looked at it and said it was the TPS. Thing is, twice now, I hace gone to start the car, and it doesnt turn over right away. It acts sort of like if the battery was dead, but if you just click it a few times it will finally start up.
I took it to autozone to have the battery checked, and its fine. Dude there was saying that my symptoms sounded more like the IAVC sensor was going. And tonight I was at the beach, and started my car up only to have it rumble like a cylinder wasnt firing. I shut off the car and immediatly started it again, and it ran perfectly fine.
TPS cost ~$80
IAVC cost ~$300
Also, and maybe the autozone guy was quick to point to the IAVC was the fact that sometimes my car varies every 3-4 seconds when it idles. It jumps around maybe 100 rpms when it idles, just enough to hear, but the tach barely moves...
I took it to autozone to have the battery checked, and its fine. Dude there was saying that my symptoms sounded more like the IAVC sensor was going. And tonight I was at the beach, and started my car up only to have it rumble like a cylinder wasnt firing. I shut off the car and immediatly started it again, and it ran perfectly fine.
TPS cost ~$80
IAVC cost ~$300
Also, and maybe the autozone guy was quick to point to the IAVC was the fact that sometimes my car varies every 3-4 seconds when it idles. It jumps around maybe 100 rpms when it idles, just enough to hear, but the tach barely moves...