To anyone with throttle sticking problems!!

[Futurefesty90]

my 1989 carbed tiva had a problem where whenever it felt like it, it whould hold the throttle at what position i had it at. so if i came off a 55 mph road it would stay at about half-throttle when i took it out of gear and would kinda drive like it was in cruise control. and when i tried to turn it off it would sputter and i had to drown it with gas.

quick fix that plaqued me for three months

save yourself some time, money, and sweat

check the pcv valve. FOR GODS SAKE!!

[scottxd45]

How does the PCV valve make the throttle stick?

[Futurefesty90]

i guess its all about the loss of vaccum and the carb's responce.
because it definately worked.

[scottxd45]

Hmm ok thanks. Mine doesn't seem to "stick" but sometimes it seems to take too long for the RPM's to drop when I take it out of gear or something. Maybe this could be related.

[Futurefesty90]

well i believe mine was a more serious case because the pcv valve was sitting at a 45 degree angle.

[Axlander9289]

I'll have to check that out. Dudley has a super high idle every now and then. I was suspecting one of the morass of vacuum switches on the firewall. I'll have a look at my PCV. It needs to be changed anyway. Could be original for all I know.