Throttle stuck

[Tim]

Had something strange happen to me after work today.

I started up the car and the RPMs went up to about 4500 without me touching the gas pedal.

I opened the hood and examined the throttle, which was stuck tight at about 1/4 open, and there was no tension on the accelerator cable.

After driving for a few minutes, the problem fixed itself.


Last night was the first hard freeze of the year, which I think may have had something to do with this, but when I drove to work this morning I had no problems.

Is this an attempt on my life or is there a logical explanation for what happened?


Regards,

Tim

[DetroitDon]

Sounds like it might be time for a good dousing of carb cleaner into the throttle body.......

Don

[aithanmier]

or just time to finally rebuild the carb i just finished mine, if i can figure out the linkage. any chance i can get ya to take a few pics for me? the only one i had was very little help

[Tim]

. any chance i can get ya to take a few pics for me? the only one i had was very little help

Sure!

Check your PMs in about an hour.


Regards,

Tim

[miami man]

stuck

i had the same problem with my 93 festiva. about 3 times a year the throttle would get stuck and i almost ran over someone on a parking lot. so someone on this board told me to clean the outside of the throttle body and it has worked fine so far. i also removed a piece of carpeting i put in instead of a regular mat so that may have caused it also