wassup with the car?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:42, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

It needs a new throttle assembly manifold thingy
basically the accelerator pedal is fine, but the thing that attaches it to the engine has sheared, meaning the throttle is fully open and the accelerator pedal is completely limp, flat to the floor.
Not really driveable, I nearly shat myself when it happened because it just roared off and the brakes weren't really stopping it.
(berk, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:45, Reply)

Ooh, not fun. what sort of car?
granted it depends on the age of the car, but if it's a mechanical linkage which it must be, no-one should be robbing you £300 quid for that. It's just a cable linkage. Unless you've pulled the whole lot off the inlet manifold? (even then they should be able to fix it more simply than replacing the bloody manifold - that's like replacing a whole door because the knob fell off)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:00, Reply)

It's a sealed unit, so the whole thing needs replacing
And seemingly only ford make it. I trust the garage, and the guy was so apologetic when he rang. Its 180 for the part, then vat and labour. It adds up *shrug* He said he'd give me a free back wiper blade though.
(berk, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:37, Reply)