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Throttle cable lost motion. by Bernard

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Bernard
Took the V6 out tonight after 10 days standing idle. I found that the throttle cable has considerable lost motion resulting in only partial active movement.
As I need it fairly early tomorrow and it's too dark and wet to investigate tonight, is there anyone around to give any suggestions as to what has happened?
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Posted 08 Jan 2013, 22:46 #1 

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Mick
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Only check the cable adjuster for a kick off. Unless something has seized, that will take some further investigation.

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Posted 08 Jan 2013, 23:00 #2 

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Arctic
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Hi Bernard.
Did to get this solved i found that a good spray of carb cleaner in the cable adjuster and surronding areahelps also after a quick spray of WD40 and it frees it up i could be wrong though as it maybe something else.
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Posted 09 Jan 2013, 01:42 #3 

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Bernard
Tried unsuccessfully to post this via tapatalk this morning. :(

It was only the cable end clip had popped out of its housing on the throttle body. Don't know why it happened but it was only a 10 second fix. :-D
Must remember to put a ty-rap round it to stop it happening again.
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Posted 09 Jan 2013, 16:57 #4 

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