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UPDATE: Gas Pedal feels stiff even with a new throttle cable.
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You may just be able to spray WD-40 in and around the linkages, but due to tight clearances you may have to be anal like me and take apart and remove the entire linkage(including the butterfly plates and shafts) to get to the bearings in the throttle body. Then clean and grease them- HTH,
Rob
Andrew Wong <mkii_84@yahoo.com> wrote:I compared my TB on both my Quantum and Scirocco today
and I found out that my Scirocco wasn't actually
hitting Full throttle enchrichment switch at all and
is the reason why it takes for ever for myy Scirocco
to accelerate. WHen I played with the throttle by
hand on the TB on the Quantum it was really smooth to
fit FUll throttle switch, but in the Scirocco to get
to full throttle it was stiff. The part was really
dirty and probably is the reason why the pedal is
stiff. What can I use to clean this?
--- "T. Reed" wrote:
> Clean it up, then make sure its adjusted right. On
> my friend's rabbit, the
> tb plates were binding because they were trying to
> swing back past their
> stop.
>
> HTH
>
> -Toby
>
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Andrew Wong wrote:
>
> > WHen I let my parents drive my car they told me
> that
> > the gas pedal felt really stiff and hard to start
> off
> > and accelerate. I replaced the throttle cable b/c
> I
> > thought thatwas the problem and since the other
> cable
> > was starting to stretch out. I noticed from the
> TB
> > that the when you try to rev it from the TB it
> feels
> > really hard unlike my Quantum's TB. The TB also
> looks
> > dirty and kindof corroded. What can I do to clean
> > that area so when the gas pedal is used it feels
> > smooth. Carb Cleaner? Buy a new TB, like an Audi
> 5k one?
> >
> > =====
> > -Andrew Wong
> > 1984 Black Scirocco
> > 1987 White Quantum wagon
> >
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-Andrew Wong
1984 Black Scirocco
1987 White Quantum wagon
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<P>You may just be able to spray WD-40 in and around the linkages, but due to tight clearances you may have to be anal like me and take apart and remove the entire linkage(including the butterfly plates and shafts) to get to the bearings in the throttle body. Then clean and grease them- HTH,
<P>Rob
<P> <B><I>Andrew Wong <mkii_84@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I compared my TB on both my Quantum and Scirocco today<BR>and I found out that my Scirocco wasn't actually<BR>hitting Full throttle enchrichment switch at all and<BR>is the reason why it takes for ever for myy Scirocco<BR>to accelerate. WHen I played with the throttle by<BR>hand on the TB on the Quantum it was really smooth to<BR>fit FUll throttle switch, but in the Scirocco to get<BR>to full throttle it was stiff. The part was really<BR>dirty and probably is the reason why the pedal is<BR>stiff. What can I use to clean this?<BR>--- "T. Reed" <TREED2@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>wrote:<BR>> Clean it up, then make sure its adjusted right. On<BR>> my friend's rabbit, the<BR>> tb plates were binding because they were trying to<BR>> swing back past their<BR>> stop.<BR>> <BR>> HTH<BR>> <BR>> -Toby<BR>> <BR>> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Andrew Wong wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > WHen I let my parents drive my car they told me<BR>> that<BR>> > the gas pedal felt really stiff and hard to start<BR>> off<BR>> > and accelerate. I replaced the throttle cable b/c<BR>> I<BR>> > thought thatwas the problem and since the other<BR>> cable<BR>> > was starting to stretch out. I noticed from the<BR>> TB<BR>> > that the when you try to rev it from the TB it<BR>> feels<BR>> > really hard unlike my Quantum's TB. The TB also<BR>> looks<BR>> > dirty and kindof corroded. What can I do to clean<BR>> > that area so when the gas pedal is used it feels<BR>> > smooth. Carb Cleaner? Buy a new TB, like an Audi<BR>> 5k one?<BR>> ><BR>> > =====<BR>> > -Andrew Wong<BR>> > 1984 Black Scirocco<BR>> > 1987 White Quantum wagon<BR>> ><BR>> > __________________________________________________<BR>> > Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> > Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up<BR>> now.<BR>> > http://mailplus.yahoo.com<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>> > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>> > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR>> ><BR>> <BR><BR><BR>=====<BR>-Andrew Wong <BR>1984 Black Scirocco<BR>1987 White Quantum wagon<BR><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.<BR>http://mailplus.yahoo.com<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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