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post Mar 12, 2012 - 10:14 PM
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my96celica

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I bought another celica. 4th one now btw and the person did a motor swap on it. its a 91 gts with a 5sfe motor in it and i have a plug on the harnest not pluged in and i think its the cold start injector that was on the gts motor. car will start but idle from 1000 upto 1600 and keep doing it. a while later the car will idle high so i hit the gas and the car will start to die. ive been told a tps or a map or IAC Which is 300 bucks i dont have. plz help and dont say junk the car.. it runs great b4 this happened
 
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post Mar 13, 2012 - 3:31 PM
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so take the cap off or turn it or what? replace the whole thing? they cost alot to replace if its not that

is there a way to check the tps or distributor?
post Mar 13, 2012 - 3:50 PM
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QUOTE (my96celica @ Mar 13, 2012 - 4:31 PM) *
so take the cap off or turn it or what? replace the whole thing? they cost alot to replace if its not that

is there a way to check the tps or distributor?


Got a haynes manual? Gives you step by step on both

And I'll bet money its not the TPS.

If its dying when you hit the gas, its most likely timing related.

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