Sticky Throttle Pedal

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BERRYMIKE
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I have a 2000 Blazer about 90K miles. The throttle pedal has been a little sticky lately. Nothing dangerous. I asked a mechanic and he said something about throttle plates? Does anyone know if I can fix this myself?
Jun 10, 2006 at 10:57 PM
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VANMAN42
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I'd put some oil on the cable were it connects the throttle body and see if that helped.
Jun 11, 2006 at 6:57 PM
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TIMNELLIE
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This is a common problem. A substance from the air intake duct (plastic) coats the outside of the throttle plate and causes it to stick in the closed position so it takes more pressure to use a little throttle. You can fix this by removing the air intake tube, cleaning the throttle plate with a rag soaked with a degreaser. I'd recommend cleaning the inside of the air duct coming from the air filter as well. This will reoccur about every 50,000 miles.
Sep 10, 2006 at 9:09 PM
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