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Old 02-24-2021, 11:12 AM
ngoma ngoma is offline
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Originally Posted by jpliddy View Post
hi V8VOLVO i read middle paragraph with interest .saying misajustment of the THROTTLE LINKAGE .as my car after the throttle shaft leak seems to suffer this problem lack of power when accelerator is floored . you mention this can be checked with a helper ,what am i looking for and does engine need to be running , as revs could go to high for my ZF auto box
regards jim
The same method I suggested in your thread "Cold Start"
https://www.d24t.com/showpost.php?p=14646&postcount=7

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Originally Posted by ngoma View Post
Here's something else for you to try: (engine off) Have a helper press the accelerator pedal to the floor while you watch the accelerator arm on the IP. While they are holding it to the floor, see if you can rotate the accelerator arm on the IP even further. Is the pedal able to rotate the throttle arm all the way by itself? Maybe there is too much slack in the pedal cable or other (max WOT?) adjustment?
If you didn't understand it you should have mentioned it in that thread. Let's try not to derail ukvolvo's thread here too much. We're already at 3 pages and nothing really achieved.
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