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Originally Posted by bc-chris
that depends on the vehicle.... my '89 pickup had a sticky accelerator pedal. last summer i'm going down the road, take my foot off the gas and the truck just keep going faster and faster. naturally i hit the breaks, but becuz the breaks are part of the vacuum system and the carb was stuck open the breaks were just rock hard... so pretty much no breaks. i was going to turn off the truck but then i'd lose power steering, so i threw it in neutral, had the engine race like crazy, but was able to get to the side of the road and get stopped (thankfully i was going up an incline).
definitely a little nerve rattling!
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Sticky throttle linkage on the Carb, usually a hard tap on the accelerator will dislodge that until you can take care of it properly. My old truck had the same problem.
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