Gas Pedal feels stiff even with a new throttle cable.

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

do not grease the cable...

you have to lubricate it, use something in the style of a spray (down the
cable sleeve)

I use Prolong Lubricant spray, it make it very nicely slide and will not
collect crap or thicken up when cold.

Prolong lube spray can be bought at any wallmart btw. (its much better than
WD40 that actually destroyes the inside of the sleev and make the plastic
sleeve brittle.


ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net


=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Vince Royer
=>Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:18 PM
=>To: Andrew Wong; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: RE: Gas Pedal feels stiff even with a new throttle cable.
=>
=>
=>Take it apart clean it and grease it up.  I had that problem on one of my
=>rocco's, and even after the new cable it stayed stiff.  After a while, my
=>gas pedal became weak and even started to bend.  It got to the
=>point that my
=>foot was on the floor and I was going nowhere.  I had to keep reaching
=>underneath the dash and yanking on my gas pedal to give it some
=>throw!  One
=>day it snapped clean in half.  Ever tried to pull the throttle
=>cable by hand
=>from inside?  Makes it super-tough to get around.  I'd fix that
=>thing right
=>away!
=>
=>Vince
=>
=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Andrew Wong
=>Sent: November 24, 2002 1:51 PM
=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: Gas Pedal feels stiff even with a new throttle cable.
=>
=>
=>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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