"G.M.Bulley" wrote:
>
> And not to be ornery, but I think it is a lesson in preventive
> maintenance.

I agree. It was a pee-poor install by the original mechanic when I had
new hoses installed. Careful attention should have been paid to
clearnances. And my failure to scrutinize things more closely added to
the problem, even though this problem that was developing was actually
out of sight and not obvious. Just to look at the top of the engine all
you would see would be the hose well separated from the throttle cable
end. But in fact, every time the gas pedal was actuated, the end of the
throttle cable would punch out and stab into the lower side of the
cable. The action happening was actually out of sight and even with the
hatch open, it was and action not obvious. It eventually punctured the
hose.

John Rodgers
88 GL driver