mcalus

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I was passing a car today, I shifted into forth and my car went instantly to rev limiter. I shut the car off and pulled over. Tried to fire it up and it instantly went to the rev limiter again, I quickly shut off. I looked under my car for oil....I had no idea what was going on. I noticed my gas peddle was kinda flappin in the wind. So I popped the hood and looked at my throttle cable, that also was flapping in the wind, I gave the TB a smack and the spring snapped back.

I was a victim of a WOT gas peddle sticking .....

I was a little scared. How do you fix this problem?

Tony 2000

try spraying out the tb with throttle body cleaner while holding the engine at 2500rpm and lubing the cable and linkage with wd-40 this is what we did at the chevy garage i used to work for seems to work for a while

CAMAROZ28AQUINO

damn,,,,,i would of shat myself too

djsanchez2

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Happened to me in the A4 Z-28. It drug me a good 40ft. , on the brakes before i got it shut off. Never happened again though.

Semper91-RS

Happened to me in my buddies Trans Am. At first I didn't notice, we were racing, and then I realized even though I hit the breaks I was still speeding up. Had to put it in nuetral and kill it.

hammertime

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Who ported and polished your throttle body? If they also did the bump stop mod, you should check to see if the throttle blade goes past 90*. If so, a vigorous thrust of the right foot can open the throttle plate too far and bind the plate in the TB.

If its ground too far, you may need to drill and tap the stop for a threaded screw to stop the throttle from over centering.

mycamaroSS

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yea that would make me , luckily you knew what to do

mcalus

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I bought the car with the port and polished tb...I didn't really know what to do...lol...I didn't even know that was the problem until I noticed the gas peddle real loose...I was expecting the worse of a messed up trans or something.

miamifan3413

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This incident is exactly why I won't get my limiter removed. It just saved you alot of $$$$

allbaugh_04

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People remove their rev limiter? Why? Why not just raise it and have that insurance...i see too many dummies making youtube videos with constant pegging of the rev limiter. I wish they didn't have rev limiters, then we wouldn't have them idiots out driving around.

Look at me! I can mash the gas and do uncontrolable circles in my car that my parents bought me.

johnnybravo

WHAT? I had to buy my own freakin' car! You mean i did it wrong? I'm gonna call Dad and Mom and have a little chat with them. They also won't pay for any parts I tear up. What's going on here? Don't they know how expensive it is to abuse a car?


Hmmm...... Maybe they did that so I would appreciate and take care of what I have, ya think?

Camaro396

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I had the pedal on my mustang stick one time the day after I got it. Definatly scared the **** out of me.

Super28Sport

That would kinda scare me too especially if there were any cars around. I'd still be quick enough to throw it in neutral though. Does that ever happen with stock unported throttle bodies?

mcalus

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I have babied my car all day today...LOL!

LS1>girlfriend

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do you have a youtube video of yourself in your car doing uncontrollable circles while pegging the rev limiter?

to the OP, clean your tb with the seafoam spray and lube it with wd40 while open and closing the blade.

allbaugh_04

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here's one of him peggin the rev limiter and melting his pads off:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BdJXtoBugpM












btw dude i'm just messin

mcalus

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^^^^ thats crazy. them rotors where glowing.


How can I find out if the guy I bought the car from p/p his own tb?

Sharpe

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I had a 81 Cutlass I put a 383/TH350 in. The carb would do that. I started calling her "Christine." It's scary. Now, you'll never know if you really got her fixed. If you need a ported TB, nows the time to get one! Try New Era (sponsor) on a budget.

waltonscott

when I installed my first stereo system (quite a few years back) I ran the power cable by the TB, and one time it grabbed the cable and stuck on the high way...thank god it was in my old weak mazda..haha

FMX05

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You should have this happen on a bike. Talk about **** yourself...