Acorn stuck in throttle linkage

SuffolkD at aol.com SuffolkD at aol.com
Thu Apr 24 13:26:53 EDT 2003


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I had one lodged by a squirrel.  Might have been my post.
Caused the throttle to go to 3K when I started the car.
I know your not supposed to "pump" the gas on FI cars but hey
they all need help right?
I figure that's how it (acorn) got under the throttle cam to stick it open.
Spray some deterent around the valve cover?
-Scott in BOSTON

> Listers;
> Many months ago I read a post about an acorn getting under the throttle
> linkage and caused the accelerator to stick.
>
> Well it happened to me a few days ago.  It was quite scary. Pumped the
>





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