Hi ladies and gents!

I have a 2001 Impreza wrx uk. Occasionally now when i am booting it the throttle will stick open in the full position and i have to hook my foot under the throttle pedal to stop it. It has only done this 3 times but each time it does it i either scare the life out my passengers or bystanders, or slightly soil myself :-)

What could this be? I had a similar problem with a previous m3, i got a new throttle spring for the pedal and it stopped it, do you think i should do the same again? anyone have or know where i can get the part number?

Thanks! :-)

Pete

 

Go under the bonnet and with the engine OFF manually operate the throttle linkage and see if theres anything obvious causing it to jam.

You could also stick yout head in the footwell and see if anythings jamming the pedal, carpet, floor mat, wire etc ?

 

Hi mate,

yeah i have looked at the throttle linkage, oiled it up, regeased everything. I also took all the mats out and had a good look under but couldnt see anything. the last thing i can think it could be is the spring is a bit worn?any other suggestions?

 

anyone? :-(

 

i had this problem with my classic,it was the rubber cap at the end of the cable nearest the engine came loose and got stuck under the spring jaming it fully open.

 

thanks mate, i will have a look and try that on my next day off! i hope it clears it cos it is doing my head in! il let you know! cheers! :-)

 

i had this on my my97 it was when i had been cleaning the bay and clipped the cable onto the air filter inlet pipe.once unclipped back to normal hth.