[s-cars] re. Broken Plastic yields red line auto

[Peter Schulz]

Guys:

Given the failure mode, do you _really_ want to replace this part with a 
used one?

Forget about the "cost" of the plastic part (probably pennies)
Think more about the impact of the failure to yourself, loved 
ones,others,  and your wallet.

Consider it an 1 time replacement during the life of your car...
That might make the $90 investment in a new throttle cable more palatable ;-)

-Peter

Also, is this something that the more mechanically-inclined folks might 
think is worthy of creating a replacement ?
Ie, have something machined out of a plastic such as delrin?




At 09:18 AM 1/9/2007 -0500, Ben Swann wrote:
>Which engine/car is this for.  I may have the part, and have a couple of
>throttle bodies - one for an AAN.
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>Do you have a picture of the part - I think I know what it is, but picture
>would clarify.
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>Ben
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>[Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:43:04 -0500
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>From: "Calvin Young" <calvinyoung at cox.net>
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>Subject: [s-cars] Broken Plastic yields red line auto
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>To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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>Guess what guys, a small plastic piece that connects the end of the
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>accelerator cable to the throttle body breaks and the engine immediately
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>goes to 7000 rpm.  Keep the car out of gear and the engine blows.  Keep the
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>car in gear and it goes for the top speed.  Put a foot on the brake to slow
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>down the car and the brakes begin to burn up.
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>Finally stopped the car and saw that the manifold was red hot, I mean cherry
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>red hot.  Found the problem and it is a 2 cent piece of plastic
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>See Calvin young at myspace.com to see the part.
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>The dealer wants $95 for the entire cable and they are not sure that the
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>part even comes with it.  The throttle body could also have the part and the
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>price is $890.  My solution is to find someone that has solved this problem
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>in a reasonable way.  Since I still have the part that broke off, I hope to
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>glue it back and try to wrap it with metal.
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>Given the consequences, you would think Audi would have thought of that.
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>Any body had this problem?
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>Calvin Young, 94S4]
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-Peter Schulz
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