Can u mechanical types diagnose my car trouble?

Sounds like the throttle cable is frayed and is starting to jam in its sheath. Hope it doesn't stick open!

Thanks.

Actually once 3 years back I started the car and suddenly it kept engine accellerating, while in P. It was going 4k rpm and wouln'nt quit, so I just waited and waited and the revs returned to normal after 5 minutes and just drove away. I'll just jam it in N if the thing loses control.

Any other opinions?

i think the problem is that the driver is a stupid retard and should not be driving anything ever.

100% agree with the poster above,

Change the cable before it snaps and you go nowhere.. Has happened to me before, with exact same symptoms as you describe. Was driving home from work on a wet night when it went twang!!!

You're fucked.

At a guess you need to look at your carburettor linkages. Get someone to press pedal up and down whilst you look under the bonnet at what parts are moving.

There will be a filter assembly over the carb which you can either unclip and/or then unbolt to reveal the butterfly in the carb. The butterfly is a circular disk which moves vertical and horizontal. With engine off squirt a whole load of WD40 around the butterfly hinges inside the carb.

Also look in the footwell and check linkages for clearance.

Uhhuh, ok thanks!

Yep, well I can reveal that the mobile mechanic said the reason is it needs a carb rebuild, but that will cos $$$, more than the car is worth, so I was wondering if its anything else. Cos these guys do not always know their sheet.

Thanks!

You can probably buy a rebuild kit for about $20.00.

If you're going to drive around in an old shitbox, you'll have to learn to be a bit of a mobile mechanic, yourself.

OP,

Why do you say 80's sedan instead of make, model and year?

If you want the best advice then you need to tell us what kind of car.

1986 toyota corolla

I don't think it's a shitbox, it's a lot more fun to drive than new cars which lack soul and are designed to be boring cushionmobiles. It's reliable otherwise and rough and ready. New cars are teh real shitboxes cos they are finished in 5 years.

As you've now added that you've had a stuck accelerator situation - this is definitely a frayed cable. You need to replace the cable. It's an easy and cheap job to do yourself.

Just go down Repco and they'll most likely have the cable in stock. You replace both the outer sheath and inner cable as one.

You need to know that if you lift off the accelerator and hit the break even relatively lightly and the accelerator is jammed on, you WILL spin the car and more than likely end up being hit by traffic going in the opposite direction. This turns a 60K accident into a headon 120K accident due to the combined speeds of both cars.

Do you really want to be responsible for killing say a guys family wife and children ??

$80 or much less on ebay vs you killking a family and/or living in a wheel chair......

Mechanic wants to rip you off don't pay the bastard any money.
Its just the accelerator cable and spring or linkages.

Go to toyota wreckers show them for $50 they'll fit another one.

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Ebay - around $25 - too easy - surely you have a few friends who can help you.

Here's a guide - a google search will find you the one for your car.
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Try checking the nut behind the steering wheel.

K Thanks guys.

Yeah I might have carb probs as well tho cos the engine likes to flood after a long drive, not sure, or does the throttle cable cause that as well?

Thanks but i'm not sure I can be bothered doing it myself. I'd rather it was just something which goes away by itself. Sometimes lubemobile says they can't diagnose the fault so just don't worry about it.

Crap, I agree with cootchie...

"Can u mechanical types diagnose my car trouble?"


Sure can.

It's an 80's POS car.



Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 06/06/2012 10:28 PM

It's prob more reliable than ur american heap.

You're the definition of a wanker. Why the fuck waste everyone's time if you cannot even be bothered to spend an hour fixing your car for $25. Have some pride mate and street smarts.

It's an 80s sedan

U guys don't seem to realise that in the 80s cars were much better built. They costed a fortune to buy. Ur faggot nation has crashed them all so u can buy plastic cars. Good luck with that.

I can..but i can't be fucked.

hahahaha

I don't drive an American heap.

Duh, get it fixed. This is not an expensive fix.

Alternative: don't get it fixed, complain on internet conspiracy forum, and possibly kill an entire family because you couldn't control the acceleration and rammed their car in an intersection going 80 mph.

no shit sherlock I just said that.

Wow I guess they should destroy everything older than the 80s cos it 'an 80s sedan'.

nah don't bother fixiing it. just junk it cos it's broke cos it no longer have the 'new car smell'.

did u know that most private planes are like 40 years old?

they fly em cos they fix em, with these things called spare parts.

dufus.

Everyone knows BMW is European ford.

Who cares, I also got a v8 lexus coupe for showing off in to the babes.

And u know what? It cost the previous owner 17k in repairs in 3 years. I cannot begin to imagine what a bmw would cost to repair.