Gstraw Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Had a scary moment a few days ago when I pulled out hard into a main road and redlined it then went to next gear and realised that the throttle was fully stuck open! Very scary indeed. I had to pull to the side, clutch in and just switch the car off. I thi k what happened was those extra bits you have hanging around when you remove the stock air box and put in a SRI got caught behind the throttle cable when I turned the corner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juicygoolies Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Same happened to me when my mate was having a go. First and only ever time that's happened, he won't be driving it anytime soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) Zip/Cable tie them Edited March 30, 2013 by Zorg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaungt4 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) Same hear mate it turned out to be the throttle spring getting stuck .A bit of WD40 to free it then greased it up been fine since Edited March 30, 2013 by shaungtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleario Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 This happend the day I bought my 7...the lovley metal halfords formats jammed the throttle pedal down. The drivers side was last seen in the shell petrol station haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophytr5 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Had a similar thing happen on the Trophy (avatar) many years ago. The top of the carburettor came unscrewed, due to wear in the retaining clip, and she went on full throttle. Overrevved before I could hit the kill switch and snapped the crankshaft. Luckily everything stayed inside the crankcases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 This happened to me when i collected an old citreon h van to take to our workshop, coming up to a junction, throttle jammed open, dumped the clutch, braked, this was when i found the brakes were useless, was standing practically with back braced against seat to get full force on brake pedal, the other one on the clutch and holding it straight while hoiking the handbrake up too - hairy moment on a downhill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJay Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Yep, was only doing 3-4k in 2nd when I went to change gear going up a hill but feck me it scared the hell out of me when the revs shot up and bounced off the limiter several times as it took a second or so to realise what the hell had happened. Shoved it into 6th to lower them lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor4460 Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 scary moment m8..thank god for rev limiters.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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