Sounds like water in the annulus of the throttle cable and its sleeve. It'll eventually rust too and make it stick worse. > I've had runaway engine problems in a 77 van and an 85 vanagon. > They always occurred in the winter, and they always went away after > the engine warmed up, or I pulled over and jiggled the heck out of > the throttle linkage at the engine end. I always suspected ice > build up somewhere but I never figured out where. Regards, -Karl __________________________________________________ karl@makarov.com - PGP encrypted mail preferred The Makarov Page: http://makarov.com/ ICQ# 8403682 Phone/fax: 1-888-625-3925 PGP info: http://makarov.com/pgp.html |
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