Hi guys jus pulled out the petrol station gave it a bit of pedal in 2nd gear (only to 4k rpm ish) went to put it in 3rd but the throttle was stuck fully on car was bouncing off the limiter,luckily I didn't get it out of second so clutch in hard on the breaks let the clutch up after bout 10 seconds and fair amount of clutch smoke it stalled it, it wouldn't turn off by the key, Sat there for a clue mins fiddled with the throttle bodie with my fingers and started it up idled fine gave it a rev and bang stuck on again so stalled it again and fiddled with the throttle cable link again started it and drove about 15 mile to home barley touching the accelerator pedal I was afraid to give it any accelerator pedal incase it happens again, any ideas of what to check myself before taking it to a proper mechanic I've got every spare part I'd need as breaking a identical car, sorry for the long one guys

 

C ould be that the throttle body is gunked up inside by the flap or the cable itself is frayed inside the outer casing.Id check those first

 

just had a little look took the cooler off there was a very fine film of oil the but inside was very shiney silverno lumps of gunk or slime, throttle bodie was shiney clean no oil runs or black gloop, ithough oil may have shot through but appears not to of,hoping its mechanical, how would i check the cable is it greif to just change the whole cable , cheers kevo appreciate your thoughts

 

Check the rubber grommet that sits on the throttle cable if not pushed on will slip down the cable and hold throttle open

 

ok cheers slab cut my hand got pis$d off with it and left it now will be back on it tomo after work, its weird i drove it 15 mile after it happened was just really timid on the accelerator revved it only to 2k and very light acceleration revs picked up and dropped steady wasnt on boost at all, is it a hard job to change the throttle cable for new (or is a used one acceptable as i sed i have a spare)

 

most cables are held ontothe acc pedal by a crimped on ball thru a bracket , very similar to the throttle end. Ive never done one but shouldnt be too hard. Hardest part may be routing te new cable but you could try tying the new cable to the old and pull

 

I hate it when car matts do that! Grrrr

 

had a low voltage wire going ovet the top of the throttle linkage, rerouted that and it seems fine now, would this mess with the throttle position sensor?? and it wasn't the floor mat!!

 

surely it should have gone off with the key? unless you are not talking about a scooby and its a diesel.

 

yea i did turn the key but the turbo timer i paniced and completely for got, started it in my drive before i moved the wire gave it a hard rev and it sat on the limiter turned the key off and the timer and it switched off, cant belive i didnt try the timer when it 1st happend it must of been on the limiter for about 30 seconds and now when i pull off i get i slight judder as its engaging, the clutch was new at end of feb, i fear ive ate most of it away stalling it how i did, it still smells when driving it 2 days later, and yea its the blue one under my name another scooby all stickerd up went pas having a look when it happend didnt even wave