help - throttle jammed??
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Driving home my throttle stuck open and I could not get the revs to drop even by trying to pull the throttle peddle back. It accelerates OK so I guess the throttle cable hasn't snapped - has anyone had this happen to them? Does anyone know how to cure it without taking it to the garage??
Also, I don't know how to get the bonnet off - I have found 4 bolts, 2 at the front and 2 in the middle of the bonnet, but there seems to be a pin or something at the front that I don't know how to release - can someone tell me how to get the thing off??
Also, I don't know how to get the bonnet off - I have found 4 bolts, 2 at the front and 2 in the middle of the bonnet, but there seems to be a pin or something at the front that I don't know how to release - can someone tell me how to get the thing off??
there are two ball sockets under the bonnet at the bottem of the windscreen, you need to try and stick a finger or a screwdriver under there to release it by pushing it towards the front of the car. Then you should be able to carefully lift off the bonnet.
Sounds like your throttle cable may be twisted, or a throttle return spring has broken or come loose.
Good luck
cheers
Whitey
Sounds like your throttle cable may be twisted, or a throttle return spring has broken or come loose.
Good luck
cheers
Whitey
Yup, throttle stuck full open in 3rd gear at, erm, "70mph". Fortunately there was enough space in front to think... brakes then jiggling the throttle freed it up.
The problem that time was that the throttle cable frayed and finally stuck inside its sheath when the friction got too much. The garage updated the design of some sort of bracket to try to avoid a repeat performance. Shame they didn't investigate at the previous service when I asked them to investigate friction in the throttle linkage.
Oh and I've had a throttle linkage come undone so it stuck closed up an Alp in the south of France too...
The problem that time was that the throttle cable frayed and finally stuck inside its sheath when the friction got too much. The garage updated the design of some sort of bracket to try to avoid a repeat performance. Shame they didn't investigate at the previous service when I asked them to investigate friction in the throttle linkage.
Oh and I've had a throttle linkage come undone so it stuck closed up an Alp in the south of France too...
Got the bonnet open now ( I should have done a search on the forum before I posted ,as I found that it had been covered already !)
Throttle seems to have 'unjammed' itself by the time I had the bonnet off, so I gave it a squirt of WD40 on the return spring for luck - although I can't really imagine that the spring had stuck......driven it again and it seems fine......
Should I get the cable replaced as a precaution - does anyone else think that this could be the cable fraying as Heorocar has suggested?
Throttle seems to have 'unjammed' itself by the time I had the bonnet off, so I gave it a squirt of WD40 on the return spring for luck - although I can't really imagine that the spring had stuck......driven it again and it seems fine......
Should I get the cable replaced as a precaution - does anyone else think that this could be the cable fraying as Heorocar has suggested?
I had the same thing but in my case it was nothing to do with the cable (which I had assumed that it was). I'll try to explain what the problem was but please ignore my ignorance of all things mechanical - when the engine had got warm it had caused the [butterfly/ valves]? to stick fully open in their housing.
If anyone knows what my ramblings mean, I wouldn't mind a more accurate analysis.
If anyone knows what my ramblings mean, I wouldn't mind a more accurate analysis.
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