Subject: Lack of WOT signal may explain your leisurely acceleration. Author: demetk as demet : member since January, 2005 : 1485 posts Posted on: 2010-09-04 08:46:03

Not sure where I found this but here's the internals of the TPS.



If you're not getting continuity between the middle pin and the right pin at WOT, first check to make sure that the throttle is actually opening all the way.

demet in CT
85 735i,86 528e,89 535i turbo

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