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The gas pedal on my 2001 Accord LX-V6 has gotten sticky from its at
rest position. It takes enough force to get past the stickiness that
the pedal then goes too far and the car jumps forward.

What is the easiest way to fix this? Shot of white grease on the
linkage up under the dashboard?

Thanks!


George
gearlnospamno@nospamcomcast.net

George Earl wrote:
>
> The gas pedal on my 2001 Accord LX-V6 has gotten sticky from its at
> rest position. It takes enough force to get past the stickiness that
> the pedal then goes too far and the car jumps forward.
>
> What is the easiest way to fix this? Shot of white grease on the
> linkage up under the dashboard?
>
> Thanks!
>
> George
> gearlnospamno@nospamcomcast.net
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It gets sticky 'at rest' because fuel vapours condense on the butterfly,
and turn to glue. You can clean the throttle body yourself, or have it
done. Do a google search for accord throttle body clean, or look at the
FAQ at tegger.com. Meantime, tap the pedal _before starting_ to avoid
dangerous takeoffs. :-)

'Curly'
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In article <5e7ho11vq30k653lagutmmr7eh2gpq4ke5@4ax.com>,
George Earl <gearl@comcast.net> wrote:

> The gas pedal on my 2001 Accord LX-V6 has gotten sticky from its at
> rest position. It takes enough force to get past the stickiness that
> the pedal then goes too far and the car jumps forward.
>
> What is the easiest way to fix this?

clean the throttle body with throttle body cleaner.

You'll need to do this every couple of years.

Thanks Curly and Elmo for your input.

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:42:57 -0500, George Earl <gearl@comcast.net>
wrote:

>The gas pedal on my 2001 Accord LX-V6 has gotten sticky from its at
>rest position. It takes enough force to get past the stickiness that
>the pedal then goes too far and the car jumps forward.
>
>What is the easiest way to fix this? Shot of white grease on the
>linkage up under the dashboard?
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>George
>gearlnospamno@nospamcomcast.net

George
gearlnospamno@nospamcomcast.net