One more thing to check with the throttle cable is the play where the cable meets the throttle body. I had problems with an erratic idle on my 89 because the cable was set too tight. The car would idle anywhere from 900 to 1200 RPM, but I could always pull it right back down to 500-600 by pulling the throttle pedal back towards me. I think what was happening is that the extra tension on the cable kept the throttle open just enough to keep the system out of the idle circuit.
>From where the cable leaves the shielding to where it meets the body there should be about 1/2 inch of deflection. Just loosen the nuts up and give the cable some slack. Make sure the throttle butterfly is coming all the way back to closed, and is not being stopped by tension in the cable. Good luck... Ian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Fred Bocskor Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:07 PM To: Graham Stein Cc: CRX Mailing List Subject: CRX: RE: Sticky gas pedal. No, really officer. The gas pedal and attached cable is a fairly simple setup. I would just trace the wire and see where it's sticking on you. Grab a flashlight and get up under the dash to make sure all the bits and pieces where it attached to the throttle pedal are sitting correctly. It still might be the throttle body or something...shouldn't be hard to find. Fred -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Graham Stein Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 5:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CRX: Sticky gas pedal. No, really officer. My gas pedal keeps sticking, usually when the car is idling at about 2k. I thought it was a hose/manifold problem until i found out I could slip my foot under it and pull the gas pedal up a notch and it would drop down into its normal idle. However, when I looked at it, I couldn't find anything out of the norm. Any ideas?
