Help! Lost Control Of Throttle...

[cookie--monster]

took off at lights and....was in first gear and abot 3000RPM i lost control of the throttle and the RPM rapidly increased to 7500 by itself!

at this stage i had turned into the street and it was no longer in gear but the RPM kept climbing automatically.i had to blip the accelerator to "uncatch' it and it went back to 1000RPM.

what could have caused this?a stuck cable or a slipping clutch?

[Josh]

Stuck cable seems more likely... If the clutch had slipped it would be pretty bad and you wouldn't go anywhere..

Maybe clean up your throttle assembly area...

Never heard of that before tho...

[cookie--monster]

Stuck cable seems more likely... If the clutch had slipped it would be pretty bad and you wouldn't go anywhere..

Maybe clean up your throttle assembly area...

Never heard of that before tho...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

thanks will spray some degreaser arond the assembly.its quite clean though so i wont hold my breath.

[Fly-By]

Don't think it would be your cable....

You said your rpm slowly climbed?? That would mean the cable would have to be getting tighter. Sounds like something internal in your throttle body....

May be worth pulling it apart and checking it out. Has it done it since?

[cookie--monster]

Don't think it would be your cable....

You said your rpm slowly climbed?? That would mean the cable would have to be getting tighter. Sounds like something internal in your throttle body....

May be worth pulling it apart and checking it out. Has it done it since?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

no after that incident i drove it the rest of the way to work,about 7kms.

i guess the drive home will tell..

[Josh]

Maybe your throttle postion sensor was loose? That can change what revs the engine is doing pretty significantly.

Just check to see if it is loose, that way you can eliminate it as the problem if its ok..

Edited October 14, 2005 by Josh