[V8] Sticking throttle Q

d saad dsaad at icehouse.net
Mon Mar 19 13:08:20 EDT 2007



I found a pebble in mine once - near the stud bearing. No idea how it got
there but it jammed things up good.

dave

> 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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