What is wrong with the car?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:20, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Accelerator appears to be fucked
it was doing the same thing after Christmas, I took it to a garage who said they couldn't find anything wrong and charged me £30 for the privelege, drove it back to Birmingham when it was fine until tonight, when it's just done exactly the same thing.
The accelerator pedal suddenly goes limp and the revs shoot up to 5/6000, which is rather unnerving, especially if you're in gear at the time. I've generally been able to get it to pop back up by one method or another but couldn't just now and I'm not faffing about under the bonnet when it's cold and dark.
(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:24, Reply)

What sort of car have you got?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:25, Reply)

2000/W reg ford fiesta
my stepbrother managed to fix it before by bashing it with a screwdriver. I'll bash it myself in the morning, and if I bash the wrong bit well hey, it's already broken and it'll make me feel better.
(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:28, Reply)

Does it sound like this?
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=73712
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:31, Reply)

Hrrrmmm a bit
it doesn't always come back down again though, and the accelerator pedal just goes completely limp and flat to the floor. There's a spring on the accelerator cable just as it goes in to the engine, and when it suddenly revs up and won't come down again, that spring is all compacted. I *should* be able to wedge it back out again, or at least make it driveable enough to get in to the garage tomorrow.
(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:36, Reply)

Well just be mindful that you might have to put the car in neutral if it happens
Which if it over-revs massively, won't do the engine any favours for a prolonged period of time.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:37, Reply)

Yeah, I know
Each time it's done it before I've knocked it out of gear and then turned it off if I couldn't pop the pedal back up straight away.
(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:39, Reply)

Joining Bob's new thread?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:41, Reply)

Aye go on.

(berk, Mon 10 Jan 2011, 22:41, Reply)