ok, i put the new tps on saturday afternoon. i also adjusted it to the specs from vfaq, and got it on perfectly. i put it on, and the car ran and idled nicely. then after a while of driving, the problem came back again. SHITTY idling. i never cleared the code, so i dunno if its still on now or not, but i bet it is, because the car runs and feels like it did with the old sensor on. today i drove home from work, and it was acting like it was about to stall out, so i had to keep my foot on the gas, like always. what could be the problem now?! i do have an exhaust manifold leak (stud broke) but i doubt that is the reason it would idle badly. that would affect acceleration and spool-up correct?

say that crankwalk was going to be a problem on this car.. is it possible that the crank could have messed up the crank angle sensor, causing the car to idle bad? in that case, could the guy i bought it from have done something to preserve the life of the car a little longer, so that he could sell it, but left the crank angle sensor bad? and if that happened, would it throw a code?

also, why the hell is it intermittent?!! it runs like crap whether its warmed up, or just started, whether its cold outside or warm, raining, tornado, whatever, and then sometimes it runs fine in the same conditions. any ideas?