[urq] Lift Throttle Unintended Acceleration - '83 UrQ

[Ben Swann]

OK - Being a little sarcastic here, and I don't mean to unbury two sets of
old phenomenon, yet I have an interesting feature my car presents that I
suppose could be described by the Subject line: Lift Throttle Unintended
Acceleration with my '83 Ur Quattro.

 

Basically, I'll be accelerating nearly Wide Open Throttle - no problem
there.  However, have noticed that when I begin to lift my foot off the go
pedal, either to reduce acceleration, or to slow down, there is a momentary
acceleration surge.  So I'm wondering what the cause may be.  It seems that
there may be more power to be had, since the car briefly seems more powerful
when letting off the throttle, as it accelerates briefly then it decelerates
normally.  It also is a little unnerving when you go to slow down and the
car speeds up.

 

Ben 

benswann at comcast.net