Sticky Throttle

antoniazzi · Post by **antoniazzi** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:26 am

Hello - Love this site! I have found that when I release the accelerator abruptly, the pedal then sticks when I go to press on it again. If I release gently on the accelerator, it does not stick when I press on it again. Anyone else experience this? And if so, any solutions? The problem is definitely not with the pedal or cable. I have tried spraying WD-40 on the spring of the throttle, but that made no difference.Thanks! JM '05 GT

coldmm803 · Post by **coldmm803** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:30 am

welcome to the board, i've not experienced this. i see you have a gt, mines a base 05 which doesnt have a cable its drive by wire aka electronicly controlled

Petrucci914 · Post by **Petrucci914** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:56 am

Hmm, an 05. Is that Drive by wire or not? If you have a regular throttle body then my guess is that it is gummed up. That'll cause the throttle to stick. take your intake off the throttle body and look at the butterfly valve........see if it's gummed up.

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:29 am

would it be possible for a air pressure differintal to be the cause of the stickyness??

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:05 am

Quote, originally posted by Petrucci914 Â»Hmm, an 05. Is that Drive by wire or not? If you have a regular throttle body then my guess is that it is gummed up. That'll cause the throttle to stick. take your intake off the throttle body and look at the butterfly valve........see if it's gummed up.All GT's are drive by cable... so yeah try using your hand on the TB rotor to see if you can get it to stick there, otherwise maybe the cable is catching on something between the pedal and the TB rotor.....

BobofTheVibe · Post by **BobofTheVibe** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:19 am

The fact that the speed at which you release it makes me think (not know) that the cable may be getting caught up somewhere - like northvibe said. I would clean the throttle body first anyway since its easy, somewhat quick and would eliminate the possibility of a sticky gummy throttle.

Petrucci914 · Post by **Petrucci914** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:21 am

It's not cable. It's DBW.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:25 am

Quote, originally posted by Petrucci914 Â»It's not cable. It's DBW.he said 05 GT...gt models were cable, only the base/awd went to dbw.

Petrucci914 · Post by **Petrucci914** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:27 am

oh ya, duh. I looked at the post too quickly and thought it was another post I was posting on. Damn scatter-brain.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:34 am

we better SC your brain with some NOS energy drink! hhahah

antoniazzi · Post by **antoniazzi** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:14 pm

Thanks for all your replies! The GT has a accelerator cable, and the cable is not the issue because when I move the throttle body by hand (with the engine on or off) the throttle body itself gets stuck after I release it abruptly. Any other ideas besides some kind of blockage inside the TB? Thanks, JM

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:43 pm

even moving it by hand since it is a cable...could be the cable, you are pulling on the cable when you move the black rotor. Although...it could be the butter fly that is sticking...you would have to take the TB off to see exactly which one it is.....

BobofTheVibe · Post by **BobofTheVibe** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:54 am

Northvibe is quite correct. I would go ahead and just remove the TB assembly, pull the cable, if it sticks, its the cable, if not give the throttle body a real nice cleaning. Do you use an oiled air filter maybe? Maybe, not most likely, the oil could come off of that and get in the throttle body.

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