sticky accelerator

[SexualChocolate]

My EM1 seesm to have a pretty sticky accelerator. I either need to accelerate very slow, or if I push a little bit, nothing happens, then if I push a little harder I excellerate pretty quickly.

Is this a pretty common issue with 6th gens? And is there an easy way to fix it?

 

[dj_audio]

did you tamper with your throttle body or throttle cable in any way?

 

[one6]

TPS sensor... have it looked at.

 

[Suanico]

does it happen in every gear?

 

[SexualChocolate]

does it happen in every gear?

It seems to be more noticable in 1st gear, but that just maybe because 1st gear has the most "power" if you will.

 

[05]

do you have some kind of multimeter? a tps sweep would be very simple

 

[Suanico]

I would get a tune up if your due

 

[Shiznit]

is it the pedal thats sticking? or is it the throttle butterfly? the pedal on my em1 sticks but i solved that with some wd40

 

[nurevEKcivic00]

no nothings sticking, they are just that slow ahhah

 

[shortlid]

Our '99 EX sedan also

is it the pedal thats sticking? or is it the throttle butterfly? the pedal on my em1 sticks but i solved that with some wd40

I tried some White litiam grease at the TB and ALSO on where the cable inside the cabin attaches to teh gas petal. Hope it helps if not I am going to lube the butterfly inside the TB with Deepcreep (Seafoam spray) Could also be carbon build-up in there making it stick!

 

[shortlid]

It was the cable mounts!!

I tried some White litiam grease at the TB and ALSO on where the cable inside the cabin attaches to teh gas petal. Hope it helps if not I am going to lube the butterfly inside the TB with Deepcreep (Seafoam spray) Could also be carbon build-up in there making it stick!

Well after lubeing the TB and the both end of the cable, i was about ready to replace the cable thinking it failed inside. When I went to pull it out of it's mount and routing I found the monts near teh firewall were REAL hard to get it out of. When I did get it out the cable was pinched. I took it for a drive with the cable out of the mounts on the fire wall the it works great. What a bad design!!