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Josh:: Thanks for the reality check-- I pulled the intake ducting off the throttle body, and sure enough, there's something jammed under the throttle plate. I didn't have time to carefully remove it, so I'm going to go back after work and see what happens when I do. Since the car ran so poorly, I'm ...

I'll take a closer look at the plate tomorrow to see what's going on with it when the car is running, check for that screw & pinch the hose to see if it makes a difference. Just about out of daylight over here and it's raining.


Thanks again for your expertise!

Josh :

Thanks very much for your reply.

Disconnecting the TPS and starting the car makes it first do the high idle, then throttle just keeps opening as it did initially.

Not worth a shot to try the IAC, huh?

Thanks again.

Hi Folks:: I have searched around a bit and can't seem to find anybody with a similar problem-- I've got a '92 wagon EJ 22 with 5 speed manual transmission, 213k miles. I was cruising down the street yesterday, ~30 mph in 3rd gear, and I lift off of the gas pedal, but the car just keeps accelerating...