Sticky throttle/gas pedal need some advice

[Zmuzic]

Here is my problem. I have an '00 E/B with a V8. I noticed about a year ago that when I used the cruise control and disengaged the cruise control, either by braking or turning off the cruise with the Off switch that the throttle/gas pedal felt like it was hanging up when I went to accelerate again either rolling or from a stop.

I cleaned the throttle body with carb cleaner including the spring and it seemed to help a little. But it seems intermittent. Sometimes it kinda hangs up when trying to accelerate from a stop or a roll (including on the freeway). Not always but I notice it alot and it drives me crazy.

I've thought about the cable maybe sticking but since I cleaned the throttle body and it helped I leaning towards the throttle body being the culprit. I'm going to clean it again tomorrow.

Anyone got a solution or had this problem before?

Z~

edit: I should also add that the sticking is not only after I use the cruise control thats when I first noticed the problem is after using cruise.

 

[Alto]

Doesn't the Throttle Body have a sticker that say
"DO NOT CLEAN !"

I may be wrong but thats the reason I haven't touched mine.

 

[TPLYNCH]

Check where the cable connects to your gas pedal and where it passes thru the firewall to make sure it is not getting hung up on anything.

 

[CHuntMD]

Had something similar for my 97 SOHC. Turned out to be leaking O-rings (upper & lower intake gaskets) and one (out of 4) O2 Sensor.

It's been 2 weeks since repair and the X is running perfectly.

Chris

 

[Scormunch]

CHunt, I've driven a lot of X's lately to try to find out whats going on with my throttle (I have the SAME EXACT symptoms as ZMusic) and I could only get the sticking to occur on the two V8's I drove (my 97 EB and a friends 2k XLT) but it would never happen on the various 1st and 2nd gen 4.0's (tried both SOHC and OHV). IMO I think its something with the actual cable, not leaking O-rings or 02 sensors. I'm going to try the legendary "throttle cable mod" tomorrow to see if it helps any.

I just realized the thread is somewhat old, did you ever solve the problem?