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Just put my used Bosch TPS in. Connected up my scanner with the engine off and the readings look good - not jumping around any more, showing crazy values - just a rock steady reading that increases gradually as you press the throttle. So it looks like it WAS the TPS itself and not a problem...

Must have been garaged and only driven on sunny days! The sunroof drains in such a way that the rust is hidden at first - rusts from the inside out - hopefully yours is not affected. Can't speak from experience, as I've never had a sunroof - but I believe the Micra has a slightly undeserved...

Yes, I'd gladly pay £1200 for insurance to be 23 again - but I appreciate it doesn't feel like that when you ARE 23. My last premium was £93, but I have full no claims.

A low mileage one - with NO SUNROOF - should be fine. My 2001 with 30K on the clock doesn't have a spot of rust anywhere.

Certainly will. I'm hoping it works, as the ability to manually adjust things like the idle and timing would be very useful indeed - it's such a pain not being able to do this that I've seriously considered switching to the earlier K11.

Nobody here using Datascan? Apparently, the free trial software is exactly the same as the paid version, just with advertising - so I've downloaded the free trial and when I've got the necessary OBD2/USB cable I'll try it out and report back. I've also heard that version 1.3 is free...

I thought you meant "rob" in the sense of a dead cheap price! But seriously, if you are trying scrapyards it's a good idea to check out a seller of the OEM Bosch part online, and print out the list of all the vehicles that part is compatible with. Then, you don't have to restrict yourself to...

Will do. Actually, it was off ebay - annoyingly, there are no scrap yards within about 20 miles of me - not sure how much you'd have to pay for one at a scrappy (even if you were lucky enough to find one), but I suspect they'd want at least a tenner off you - so with the cost of driving there...

Absolutely - I don't have any intention of running without a TPS if it's possible to fix it without too much hassle/expense - hopefully the new one, when it arrives, will do the job. plmval - thanks, some useful pointers there if replacing it doesn't work.

Personally, I'd be happy to - the only problem I can think of is with the MOT - would it be an MOT fail with the faulty TPS code set? You can wipe the code just before the MOT of course, but that in itself is a fail I believe, as the ECU stores the fact that codes have been wiped recently...

Went for a 2nd drive today, with the TPS disconnected (new one STILL not arrived) - driving great now. The very slight pinking I heard yesterday has vanished - checked the timing with my scanner and it's spot on. I take on board what Daniel said about disconnecting the TPS being a very bad...

Thinking about getting the Datascan II software, but I read a forum post by someone who said they tried it with their K11 and experienced limited functions. It could read data, but the sections where you could make adjustments to base idle and ignition timing were greyed out. Is anyone using...

Not quite a fix. I noticed a slight pinking that wasn't there before, so I think the ECU has somehow advanced the ignition timing slightly as a reaction to unplugging the TPS. And it's made no difference at all to my low idle - which I manage to cope with by keeping my headlights on, which...

Went for a drive with the TPS disconnected this morning (still waiting for the new TPS to arrive) - completely solved the problem of surging high revs and jumping around all over the place. On my scanner it now shows the TPS reading as a fixed 100% - instead of jumping around anywhere from 10%...

Tried flexing the wires around, but it made no difference - highly suspect a problem there though. Had to go out today and it was revving it's head off when idling - but OK at speed - athough I'm now getting flat spots at times with loss of power and slight kangarooing. I've got to make a...

Not concerned about the signal voltage at this stage - I can see that's all over the place from the live data on my scanner. The most important first step is trying to establish if the TPS is getting supplied with the correct 5v reference voltage - as nothing is going to work correctly without...

This is a 2001 Haven't measured with the connectors in the sensor (not sure how to) - I've been probing the pins on the unplugged connector, as that's the way I've seen it explained.

Still waiting for my new TPS to arrive (due tomorrow), but I'm increasingly convinced that the problem is not getting any reference voltage supplied to the sensor. All 3 pins read 0 volts on my meter. There is a really sharp bend in the cable leading to the TPS, so it could be that one of the...

Thanks - as I thought, throttle position should be 10% give or take a small margin - so 9% is spot on. The Timing Adv is, I presume, the same as the SPARKADV figure I see on my scanner? 15 is what I'd expect it to be at idle - which is why I questioned the 22 or 23 figure I'm getting - it...

Dash lights were on - definately in the On position, not Acc The probes on my meter are a bit chunky - but I'm pretty sure they are touching the contacts in the connector. But if I had no 5 volt reference voltage, I would have thought I'd also get no TPS readings on my scanner - I'd expect it...