i have a sticky throttle

Asked by moley291278 Mar 26, 2017 at 07:41 AM about the Audi A4

Question type: General

i have a 2003 audi a4 1.9 tdi and when i take my foot off the throttle the car
keeps accelerating for another second or so anyone have an idea what can
cause this

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

Clean the throttle body. The throttle body plate and shaft may be carbon-ed up causing it to be a bit sticky. Use some carburetor cleaner to do this.

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

If you had just done this, you may need to just drive it for awhile for the computer to relearn the TPS on the throttle body.

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moley291278 answered 7 years ago

changed it a week ago but so i have done about 150 mile but thanks any way will see how it goes

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