Ford KA freezing throttle cable / mechanism
Variant: 1.3
Model Year: 2007
my 2007 ford ka is suddenly suffering from early morning freezing-up of the throttle cable or mechanism. initially the throttle pedal will not depress, then with extra force, it goes down to full travel and will not return - leaving the engine screamimg. Later it will free-up and operat normally. Can I do anything to prevent/cure this?
Posted: Feb 3, 2012 (14 years ago)
spray liberally with wd40
Posted Feb 4, 2012 (14 years ago)
Had the same problem, was told that it was moisture in the throttle cable housing which freezed up, told to open up throttle housing and spray it with a carb cleaner to solve problem!
Posted Feb 5, 2012 (14 years ago)
It might not be the mechanism , i had sim ilar problem with my daughters KA2 i cured over revving by taking off air intake hose and cleaning the aluminium inner body and the littel sensor inside after that no over revving .
Its the 43.5 inch flecxi hose that joins the air intake housing to the injector unit . hope this helps
Posted Feb 9, 2012 (14 years ago)
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