Oh God, help me!
#1
Oh God, help me!
Ok so some scary **** to have happen on the road, heading strait for a exit ramp. Gas pedal hits the floor, then goes farther, gets stuck to the floor and doesn't come back off. First instinct is wrong...clutch in to decelerate...this results in instant revs and bouncing off the rev limit. Turn engine off. I limped it back home by turning it on and off. Transmission pretty much regulates RPM for the rest of the ride home..I brake rpms drop.
Basically I need help. This all occurs after having done a oil change. When I stopped the car I had found that when i pulled the second spark plug wire to clean spilled oil i didn't push it back in all the way. I'm going to be tearing appart my intake to check the TB. I don't know what else to check...any advice. I don't think the Throttle cable melted but it has a lot of slack.
Basically I need help. This all occurs after having done a oil change. When I stopped the car I had found that when i pulled the second spark plug wire to clean spilled oil i didn't push it back in all the way. I'm going to be tearing appart my intake to check the TB. I don't know what else to check...any advice. I don't think the Throttle cable melted but it has a lot of slack.
#7
if you pull the pedal back up, does the throttle plate move in the engine bay? can you get a helper to check it for you? that'll help eliminate a broken cable. but even if the cable were broken, the plate would default to closed, not open. you might have a stuck cable. we need to see if pedal motion corresponds to throttle plate motion.
#12
Good thing its not a diesel. I have heard scary stories about old vw diesels running away. Basically the engine starts sucking the crankcase oil up and running on that along with the diesel. Starts revving super high. You turn off the key and the DAMN thing keeps running! You gotta get it into the highest gear and get on the brakes hard.
#15
Good thing its not a diesel. I have heard scary stories about old vw diesels running away. Basically the engine starts sucking the crankcase oil up and running on that along with the diesel. Starts revving super high. You turn off the key and the DAMN thing keeps running! You gotta get it into the highest gear and get on the brakes hard.
113's used to do it all the time, nothing more fun then trying to find something flat to hold over the air breather intake pipe as a roots blower is howling away
#16
Good thing its not a diesel. I have heard scary stories about old vw diesels running away. Basically the engine starts sucking the crankcase oil up and running on that along with the diesel. Starts revving super high. You turn off the key and the DAMN thing keeps running! You gotta get it into the highest gear and get on the brakes hard.
#17
I thought that when you turn off the car it cuts spark?
Hey fuckfaces, I know exactly how a diesel works and the differences between a gasoline and a diesel car. I'm just ******* with you, but let's see how many 'OMG, di3zels dont use spark LOLOLOL' responses I'm going to get.
And I know that it's possible to diesel a gasoline car too. A buddy of mine bought a carbed prelude from an old lady that never had it above 2k rpm in the 150k miles she had it. After a spirited run, the combustion chamber was probably glowing from all the carbon buildup so it ran for an extra 30 seconds or so.
Hey fuckfaces, I know exactly how a diesel works and the differences between a gasoline and a diesel car. I'm just ******* with you, but let's see how many 'OMG, di3zels dont use spark LOLOLOL' responses I'm going to get.
And I know that it's possible to diesel a gasoline car too. A buddy of mine bought a carbed prelude from an old lady that never had it above 2k rpm in the 150k miles she had it. After a spirited run, the combustion chamber was probably glowing from all the carbon buildup so it ran for an extra 30 seconds or so.
#18
Yes it does...that's why the diesel can keep running. Diesels don't use spark they use compression to achieve detonation. Yeah the whole knock thing that everyone in our cars avoid is what purely runs theirs. Turn the engine off to cut fuel but it keeps going on oil.
That would be all kinds of scary.
I'm working on it scott! really...just ordered my MS. ^_^
One of the many things I keep thinking about for a DD is an old BMW or Merc. diesel to convert to bio. Else I'll just get a bike and enjoy the 80 mpg @ 80 mph.
That would be all kinds of scary.
I'm working on it scott! really...just ordered my MS. ^_^
One of the many things I keep thinking about for a DD is an old BMW or Merc. diesel to convert to bio. Else I'll just get a bike and enjoy the 80 mpg @ 80 mph.
#19
Same thing recently happened to me. Turned out to be a frayed throttle cable that jammed up inside the cover. Luckily, the throttle cable isn't all that hard to replace. It basically just loops loosly into a groove at the end of the pedal. The hardest part was ripping apart the steering column and taking out the seat to make enough room to crawl under the dash.