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Sat 8 Jun 2002 00:15
AX diesel accelerator sticks - MarkyMarkD
On our AX 1.5D the accelerator sticks occasionally - always when its been on full "pedal to the metal" for a long while like on the motorway or d/carriageway.

Is this a known "feature" or is it something that I can do anything about?

It's quite a pain because of course your only realise when you need to slow down!

Blipping the accelerator always seems to sort the problem out - but then it's the last thing the wife thinks of doing when the car's trying to run away into the car in front.
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Sat 8 Jun 2002 09:14
AX diesel accelerator sticks - David Lacey
Sounds quite dangerous to me, Mark!

It must be a cable fault or a pump lever mechanism fault - both of which are quite easy to fault-find and fix

I'd put my money on it being a frayed cable at the pump connection


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Sat 8 Jun 2002 20:13
AX diesel accelerator sticks - MarkyMarkD
I will get out there and have a quick look thanks Dave!
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Sat 8 Jun 2002 20:42
AX diesel accelerator sticks - MarkyMarkD
Dave - you are a genuis! Why didn't I think of that?

Actually it was two things - the spare end of the cable was in the wrong place, so it got snagged on a metal pipe; and (maybe from getting snagged all the time) it had developed a "bent bit" which acted like a sort of hoop to catch the pipe more securely.

Moving the cable and chopping off some of the excess length should stop it from happening again - so thanks very much :-)
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Sun 9 Jun 2002 00:29
AX diesel accelerator sticks - David Lacey
Glad to be of help Mark :) anytime




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Sun 9 Jun 2002 08:16
AX diesel accelerator sticks - jc
I can understand a cable getting bent/distorted but the comment on excess length frightens me;manufacturers don't usually give anything away.Shortening it could cause concerns with stiffness etc. unless 1.it's not a genuine cable or 2.Citroen like some other continental manufacturers don't bother to make RHD parts unless forced to(steering rack) and try to make LHD parts work.
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Sun 9 Jun 2002 10:22
AX diesel accelerator sticks - David Lacey
It's either an AA repair cable or [IIRC] the Citroen replacement cable is a universal type of cable which you cut to length.

Well, thats how the throttle cable came when I replaced it on my BX DTR a few years ago


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