>Well, it really happened to me. Three times so far. My 5000 suddenly >accelerated on its own. Honest. Maybe your idle stablizer is sticking, then when it finally comes unstuck the rpms shoot up. Mot sure, but you may wnat to clean it out with some WD anyway. James Fawcett 86 5KTQ jfawcett@mail.win.org http://www.umsl.edu/~s976489/james/mypage.htm