[Roadsters] Throttle sticks open

RWM RWM at RWMann.com
Tue Aug 17 04:59:40 MDT 2010


Audi 5000...   ?

Seriously, if the throttle cable was recently adjusted/tightened when 
cold, it will often result in a partial/increasing throttle as the 
engine compartment warms up.  The cable needs a bit of play when cold 
and preferably should be checked when hot.. (Ask me how I know.)

- Bob Mann, '68 2000 Solex


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> --- On Tue, 8/17/10, Brian Parks <joedatsun at att.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Brian Parks <joedatsun at att.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Throttle sticks open
>> To: "Jeff and Lois Holder" <loisandjeff at gmail.com>
>> Cc: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>> Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 6:34 AM
>> Check to see if the pedal is getting
>> stuck behind some carpet that has pushed
>> up. Happened to me once.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:40 PM, Jeff and Lois Holder wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> HI guys,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help with the voltage regulator.
>>>       
>> Everything is working now.
>> But
>>     
>>> I have another problem.
>>>
>>> I took it out for its maiden drive a couple of days
>>>       
>> ago. I drove around for
>>     
>>> several miles then stopped for gas. When I started
>>>       
>> going again, the gas
>> peddle
>>     
>>> was "heavy" and hard to smoothly accelerate. I took it
>>>       
>> out today several
>> times
>>     
>>> for short trips with no problems. I then drove it
>>>       
>> about ten miles and stop
>> for
>>     
>>> a bit. When I started up again, the gas pedal was
>>>       
>> heavy but this time the
>>     
>>> throttle stuck open and wouldn't go back to idle.
>>>
>>> My guess is that when I stopped the engine temperature
>>>       
>> rose and the linkage
>>     
>>> expanded. Was I supposed to use a lubricant on the
>>>       
>> linkage? Any ideas.
>>     
>>> J


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