I have a problem that I'm not familiar with. It started as a minnor issue the gas pedal would bind when it was in the topmost position when it was cold out, but now 3 months later I can almost stand on the pedal and it will not move. Usually a good kick will get it moving again but i never like to do that. The problem is intermittent and usually only happens when its cold out and the car is running, never when it's warm or the car is turned off, turning the car off then restarting will also clear this problem
Its the 2.3l and the car only has 40000 miles on it all maintenance has been done religiously and I run a K&N since new and it is cleaned every oil change. The dealership claimed it was carbon fouling but when I took the throtle body off the car all I found was some soft powdery carbon and not much of it (from working with firearms if you say carbon fouling is causing a jam I think heavy baked on carbon not light sooty carbon.) I cleaned it our with a can of Berryman's B12 (the dealership wanted $200 to clean it in a vat of solvent but I'm a nearly broke college student so thats out of the question) It hasn't happened since then but what i saw shouldn't have been the cause of my binding.
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