[V8] Sticking throttle Q

[Jeremy Ward]

Could be.  In my experience, it was filthy filthy butterfly valves as a
result of a K&N filter installed by the PO and not properly maintained.  

Disassembly and throttle body cleaner did the trick.  :-)

Good luck Ingo,

- Jeremy

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Scott DeWitt
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 7:16 PM
To: Ingo Rautenberg; V8 Fans
Subject: Re: [V8] Sticking throttle Q

It's not the throttle body that sticks, it's the throttle shaft. And yes you

have to remove the intake to get to it.
The good part is that the bearings are available from a bearing company for 
a few bucks each...

Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
To: "V8 Fans" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:09 PM
Subject: [V8] Sticking throttle Q


> So the V8 5 speed didn't like not being driven more than ten miles in
> the last year14 months -- and I think eight of those were in early
> January 2006. Duh!  And she's not happy.  With the help of Tim
> Hollister (Thanks, Tim!), I replaced the timing and reference sensors
> with known good pieces.  Took her for a test drive and among other
> issues,she was behaving sluggishly and then when I pressed on the
> throttle Italian style she wouldn't close up.  Unplanned 7k is no
> fun!  I have the throttle body exposed now and was wondering where
> these things stick?  I've manually opened the throttle and encounter
> resistance near idle position and sticking with butterflies 2/3
> open.  Anyone with any experience with this?
>
> Ingo
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