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Old May 12, 2002 | 06:44 PM
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where is the tps

can someone please tell me where the tps is located on a 91 camaro with a 305 this engine is not fuel injected
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Old May 12, 2002 | 07:01 PM
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Re: where is the tps

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can someone please tell me where the tps is located on a 91 camaro with a 305 this engine is not fuel injected
It is right in the very front of your engine in the area were your intake connects at the block! Just stand directly at the center of the front of your hood and stare straight down at the fron of your block... Should find it.

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Old May 12, 2002 | 10:45 PM
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Re: Re: where is the tps

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It is right in the very front of your engine in the area were your intake connects at the block! Just stand directly at the center of the front of your hood and stare straight down at the fron of your block... Should find it.
Not sure what they are talking about...

But the TPS on a carbed engine is located in the carb itself.

If you look where the accelerator pump plunger (sp?) goes into the carb through the top, right next to that is another smaller plunger under the acc pump arm.

This is the TPS plunger. It hits the TPS located inside the carb.

To change it you need to remove the top of the carb, its kinda a PITA.
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Old May 13, 2002 | 05:03 PM
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Re: Re: Re: where is the tps

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Not sure what they are talking about...

But the TPS on a carbed engine is located in the carb itself.

If you look where the accelerator pump plunger (sp?) goes into the carb through the top, right next to that is another smaller plunger under the acc pump arm.

This is the TPS plunger. It hits the TPS located inside the carb.

To change it you need to remove the top of the carb, its kinda a PITA.
Oops I just noticed the non fuel injected! Carbs are a different story........Like ^ said its actually on the carb....
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Old May 13, 2002 | 05:15 PM
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They had carb'd motors in '91? I thought that stopped in the late 80's?
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Old May 13, 2002 | 05:17 PM
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They had carb'd motors in '91? I thought that stopped in the late 80's?
Me too!!!! Thats why I assumed it was a TPI. Oh well I just made an *** out of me! But not you!
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Old May 13, 2002 | 08:24 PM
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Originally posted by TomP
They had carb'd motors in '91? I thought that stopped in the late 80's?
Im not positive, but I think the RS s were available through 91 with a carb still.

Anyone know for sure?
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Old May 13, 2002 | 08:32 PM
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Yeah uh.. hellooo ? No carbs after 87! A 91 RS, V6 or V8 will be fuel injected from the factory.
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Old May 13, 2002 | 08:38 PM
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Thats right ..(doh) I was thinkin my friends was a 90, but its an 87.

Now the real question...cjcland: are you sure its carbed and not TBI?

I dont know many people that would spend the time and effort to install a CCC set up in a FI car.
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Old May 13, 2002 | 09:00 PM
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87 was the last year that it was carbed from the factory! It is a possibility that it got swapped in there but why I dont know? Im betting its TBI since they look somewhat similar to a carb. Find out more then we can help you....
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Old May 14, 2002 | 01:01 AM
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PLEASE BE PATIENT

I guess it is a tbi i bought the car from the original owner and he is 64 now so i doubt any mods were made to it it just looks differant than any fuel injuction system i have seen so i assumed it was a carb, but in the meen time i looked for the postion of the tps from the first reply and all i se is a sensor of some sort going directly into the block with two wires i assumed it was the temp guage, am i looking in the rong place? still, like i said i am very new to this but would like to learn ans i see the post some of you guys post and it seems greek to me but i always up to learning a new language, im not stupid and have takin a real interest in this car and message board at all the poosibilities as far as everything else goes the car is in excellent condition, also what are some of you guys using for speaker boxes in the back and allowing room enough for the t-tops now when i take of the breathern i look downd and there are 2 sensors over the intake are one of these the tps and how does it now the position when it seems they re connected to nothing but wires, thank you and please bear with me
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Old May 14, 2002 | 01:07 AM
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oops

oops

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Old May 14, 2002 | 07:27 AM
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The TPS will be a black sensor located on the opposite side of the throttle-body from the pedal linkage.

It will have 3 wires..one blue, one grey, and I belive a black one (dont have a diagram in front of me) The plug faces straight up.

Its held on with 2 screws, usually torx head.
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Old May 14, 2002 | 01:29 PM
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Originally posted by Engineboy
Thats right ..(doh) I was thinkin my friends was a 90, but its an 87.
I thought maybe it was a rare anti-smog car, maybe from Canada! Weren't the Canadian f-bodies built without computers in '82?
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Old May 15, 2002 | 01:04 AM
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THANK YOU

I FOUND IT AND NOW DISCOUNT AUTO PARTS WANTS 61.00 FOR IT IS THERE A CHEAPER PLACE FOR ME TO BUY IT?
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