Sticky Throttle @ 70k miles Options

[SteveHall]

I've had this intermittent fault with my throttle. Occasionally when I start up the engine it get going and stalls fairly quickly. If it then try to depress the throttle pedal (gas) it's stuck. If it give it a kick or press hard it suddenly frees itself like it was stuck / jammed on something. After this the car will start, idle and drive fine with normal throttle responce and no further sticking. This doesn't seem to be just a cold weather thing and seems to happen about once a month completely at random, even if I'd driven and parked up the car 4 hours ago.

Anyone else had this problem? I'm thinking replace cable and strip down the throttle to see if there's anything obviously wrong with it + lube / grease / clean anything that needs it. Any thoughts / ideas?

[DEATH]

I used to have this ages ago as well - you guys just need to clean your the surface around the throttle body plate. It has gummed up and it will cause it to stick occassionally. If you don't clean it it will eventually start happening more often and if you keep kicking it or pressing hard you will eventually break the plastic pivet/bracket above the gas pedal. I did and then had to drive to the junkyard by pushing the pedal towards the center console to acclerate. LOL - not fun.
Just get some carburator cleaner and a red rag. 10mins later no problems.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jan 8, 2008 - 10:15 AM