Mine used to stick too. When I replaced the transmission I checked all the old linkages and they moved fine. It was the lever on the dying tranny that was the sticking point. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Cecil Eastman <ckelmo1@comcast.net> wrote: > Here it is the height of camping season and Der BrotKasten, an '85 1.9l > automatic, is acting up. Recently the engine has been racing and my normal > solution was to give a quick tromp on the accelerator to get it to settle > down. Result: broken accelerator cable. I replaced it, hoping that the > problem was a snagged cable, but that's not it. > > It seems now that the two springs at the throttle body aren't enough to get > the engine back down to idle. I've cleaned the torque spring that sits on > top of the throttle body with carb cleaner and a blade to remove the years > of gunk built up. But no difference: if I twist the mechanism by hand it > will cheerfully sit a couple of degrees from fully closed. The auxiliary > spring that attaches to a loop elsewhere on the manifold has some pull to it > yet. But the springs just aren't doing their job, it seems to me. > > 1. Am I correct that the springs are the problem or is there something > else I should be checking? > 2. Does anyone have a line on a supplier for replacements? I hate to have > to go to the local VW shop if I can help it. > > Thanks, > Cecil |
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