Accelerator Problem Someone Help!!

[impalagrl20]

hey guys..my ta22 celica has a frustrating problem, the accelerator is stuck and wont unjam itself..when you break, clutch, change gears...its still going!!

it wont stop unless you pull it up, ive had a look and i can't seem to find anything thats making it stuck...got any ideas???

[Evan G]

vac leak or the dash pot holding the butterfly open.

 

give all the linkages a squirt of oil and go for another drive

[GJM85]

Check for a build up of dirt and grimy crap on the spring of the accelerator pedal. Where is mounts to the floor. Give it a bath in wd40.

 

It could also be a frayed cable inside the black part. That will stick it good. Usually caused by a kink in the line.

Edited November 24, 2011 by GJM85

[BlueKsev]

How did it occur? Have you had it apart and put it back together and then it started to stick? Has it just gradually started happening?

 

I used to have this problem with a Weber, the semi-circle bracket which the cable connects to on the carb used to be held on to tight by the nut, and it used to jam whenever it felt like it. I evenually fixed it by swapping a washer for a thinner one to make the bracket not so jammed up.

But it was quite a fright when it happens in town amongst traffic...

Edited November 24, 2011 by BlueKsev

[altezzaclub]

Take the cable off at the carb end and see that the pedal & cable move smoothly & freely.

 

If they do then its in the carb linkages somewhere, or a broken return spring..

 

 

[LittleRedSpirit]

Had this problem once caused by a poorly fitted air filter that made a bit of the plastic filter chassis snap off, fall down the throat of the carb and stick the butterfly open. If you shone a torch down you could see it in there. Removed most of it and then the last bit seemed to go through the motor with no issues. lol. :bash: