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?

[dabazied]

I have a similar issue with the pedal except no start up issues and it only happens when I stop at a light or start up about one time out of a month lol. I haven't looked into it yet but it is rather annoying and I probably need to.

[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

[95CelicaST]

You need:

- Carb cleaner
- Rag

Step one - spray carb cleaner on rag

Step two - jam rag into throttle body and wipe it down

Step three - reconnect intake

[SteveHall]

Thanks a lot guys.

[GriffGirl]

If you spray the throttle body when the engine isn't running, you can actually open that little flappy thing by pulling up on the throttle cable, and spray directly inside and on the back of that plate. Most carb cleaners say to leave the cleaner on for a few minutes, and then run the engine, revving it to burn off the cleaner and carbon build up. Be sure to wipe off the runoff right after you spray though, I don't think you want to get that stuff on plastic or any wiring.