David, The majority of the time the culprit is the throttle linkage bell crank that is located directly underneath the throttle body. You need to remove it from the car so that you can disassemble it for a proper cleaning and lubrication. And while you are at it, look at each of the throttle linkage connectors - over time they become very loose and can cause the similar symptoms. Probably best to just replace each one you find.
Bruce > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:27:55 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Serafini <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] sticky Spider throttle problem > > I have an '85 Spider with a throttle that sticks when the cars gets warm. > I've > checked the linkage on the passenger side of the engine and cleaned > the coil > spring. That part seems to be ok. I assume the problem is > > upstream of > that, but I've been wrong before. -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
