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 Feb 8, 2004 - 10:53 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Mar 21, '03 From Pittsburgh, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Last night I was driving home, and when I was pulling up to a red light I shifted the car into neutral (manual) and the rpm's actually went up without my foot on the gas. The engine revved to about 3K and just stayed there until I put my foot under the pedal and lifted it up. After the light changed and I started driving again, it revved up and idled at 3k again. It never passes 3k, but I could pretty much drive the car without my foot on the gas until I lift the pedal back up. Any ideas about this?
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Feb 8, 2004 - 11:23 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '03 From Chatham, Ont Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The pedal was actually getting stuck??? Stick your head under there and look around, maybe grease up the mechanism, check your throttle body and cable, see if anything is siezed or siezing. I really dont know what else it would be then something mechanical. |
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Feb 8, 2004 - 11:58 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 10, '03 From Connecticut Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
I hope u dont make a habit of putting it into neutral, creates more wear and tear on tranny
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Feb 8, 2004 - 12:14 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From ny to philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yup, check the throttle cable. had the same problem on our old corolla.
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Feb 8, 2004 - 12:18 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 27, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Ummm.... either you shift into neutral and create "wear and tear" or you keep your foot on the clutch and ruin that faster than it should be. Unless you want to change your clutch every 30,000 miles I think its better to shift into neutral and let it run. Correct me if I'm wrong. Unless your talkin auto tranny then its okay to keep in gear. This post has been edited by canyonking: Feb 8, 2004 - 12:19 PM |
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Feb 8, 2004 - 12:27 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 10, '03 From Connecticut Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
I thought he had auto tranny.
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Feb 8, 2004 - 12:36 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 21, '03 From Pittsburgh, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Just drove the car again, check the throttle cable and nothing seems irregular. The car drove fine, until I shifted to 4th at 30mph and pressed the pedal to the floor, after that, the rpms stayed high again. I had the battery off yesterday, and my dad said it could have something to do with the idle learn. Thanks for the help guys
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Feb 8, 2004 - 4:14 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 10, '03 From Connecticut Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
check for vacuum leaks.
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Feb 8, 2004 - 5:23 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 24, '02 From Wirral, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
is it the 7afe engine ? i had a similar issue and it's a known bug in that the throttle body sticks open.. just a matter of cleaning it out so the butterfly valve can move withouth stickingopen.
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Feb 9, 2004 - 2:12 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 21, '03 From Pittsburgh, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yup, the throttle body was getting stuck open. carb cleaner took care of it. thanks for the help everyone
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