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Subject:Re: Sticky Accelerator Cable
From:Jean-Guy Savoie
Date:Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:43:29 -0300

You don't really describe what you mean by "sticky accelerator", so just in
case this might help, or in case the list members might have suggestions for
me, here goes:

I have a sticky feeling Acc. pedal, but it just sticks after sitting for a
few hours, overnight for example.  The "stickiness" is at the very start of
the pedal travel and is generaly gone after a press or two of the pedal.   I
suspect worn throttle bushings? or misplaced throttle "butterfly" sticking
in the throttle body?

My theory: as soon as it opens a little, it moves freely as the "butterfly"
no longer rubs up against the walls and it only settles down to stick to the
walls again when the engine cools with the resulting thermal contraction and
all.

Fix?  Beyond replacing the whole thing?  Dunno.  Suggestions out there?

JGS

84 1.9L Westfalia
Bleu Schtroumpf

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