[V8] Major issue: Dead V8

Sun Oct 9 16:03:58 PDT 2011

BTDT and put a detailed description in the KB :)

My experience was almost rear ending an MTA bus without a formal introduction.  Not fun.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
To: Allan Vega <allanvega at comcast.net>
Cc: v8 <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Sun, Oct 9, 2011 9:55 am
Subject: Re: [V8] Major issue: Dead V8

Ok, if it is indeed a stuck linkage  (which I have also experienced) rather
than busted/jammed cruise control rod, then the real culprit -- in my
experience -- is the dried-out bearing towards the front of the engine --
which sits in the intake manifold just before where the throttle body
attaches to it.

The easy (and so far -- three years) way to remedy this -- short of removing
the intake manifold -- is to lube the bearing liberally with ATF as you work
it back and forth.

-Ingo
On Oct 9, 2011 9:44 AM, "Allan Vega" <allanvega at comcast.net> wrote:

> Roger, I agree with Kneale that your linkage is stuck. This happens with
> these cars when there not used for a little while. You will need to work the
> throttle with the engine off. A single attempt will not fix the problem, you
> will need to work it till you no longer feel that "binding" sensation .
> -Allan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 9, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> wrote:
>
> > You have a sticking throttle linkage.  Hopefully it's mostly the linkage
> at the back of the engine which you can get to by removing the air filter
> assembly.  A  few squirts of throttle body cleaner will get it loosened up
> enough to let the throttle go back to idle.  If it's really bad, you'll need
> to remove the idle control valve assembly at the front and try to get to the
> rest of the linkage with cleaner.
> >
> > On 10/9/2011 5:03 AM, Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
> >> Well, now.  I had a nasty experience with the V8 yesterday.
> >>
> >> The V8 has been resting in its garage all summer. I drove it last in
> late
> >> August, going only the mile to the little store to put a few gallons of
> gas
> >> into the tank, returning it immediately to its garage.  The summer has
> been
> >> a full construction summer and the only vehicles needed for anything
> have
> >> been the truck and the 100 Avant, so the V8 has been resting.  I have
> not
> >> even renewed the registration on the car since I see no use for it until
> >> next summer at the earliest.
> >>
> >> I started the car, and it greatfully came to life.  I backed it out into
> the
> >> driveway and let is sit for fifteen or twenty minutes just idling, and
> >> letting the a/c work before shutting it down.
> >>
> >> Later since my wife wanted to go shopping, I figured I'd move the v8
> back
> >> into its garage so she could get by without issue.
> >>
> >> I started the engine and put the car into drive, edging forward toward
> the
> >> garage door.  It didn't feel right though.  The accelerator felt like it
> was
> >> hitting something, similar to the feel that it would have if it was
> hitting
> >> a bunched up carpet.  I pushed more firmly on the accelerator and the
> >> accelerator suddenly broke through whatever was making it feel stiff,
> and
> >> the engine immediately went to full throttle.  I immediately went to
> neutral
> >> and ignition off.
> >>
> >> Restarting resulted in immediate full throttle once again, so now the
> car is
> >> sitting just outside the garage, awaitiing further instructions.
> >>
> >> I wonder if this is the familiar, cruise control rod failure?  The
> >> accelerator seems pretty loose and flappy, so something is adrift or
> holding
> >> it open somewhere.
> >>
> >> Any BTDT?  I will not have time to deal with this today nor probably
> >> tomorrow.  The electrician will be here sometime next week to install
> the
> >> new main electrical entrance which will go in the wall of the garage
> where
> >> the V8 lives, so for now the car can remain where it is.  But sometime I
> >> will need to get under the hood and either release the nastiness so the
> car
> >> is driveable, or call the flat bed and have the car towed to the wrench.
> >>
> >> In three V8's that I have owned this is the first driveability issue I
> have
> >> ever had.  (Other than the first one that suffered transmission failure,
> of
> >> course).  FWIW, the cruise control on my car is inop due to a failed
> relay,
> >> which I have but have never installed. The cruise control circuit is
> shut
> >> off.
> >>
> >> Roger
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