mikeunreal2

Hey there. I drove a 2000 civic ex beacuse im looking to pick one up. My friends 97 does this too. The gas pedal seems sticky. Its not real smooth pushing it in. Other than that the car drives great, and runs strong. Has anyone else experienced this? Any solution to this problem.

Mike

Eran

iTrader: (1)

Most likely, your throttle cable is snagging on something. Unhook it and trace it back.

mikeunreal2

I don't actually own the car. It was just a test drive.

Mike

SVOboy

The throttle plate might be sticking closed. Spray some fuel injection cleaner down the tb and see if you can clean it out. (if that's the problem) You can tell by manually moving the throttle wheel and seeing if that's what sticks.

w0ng_sta

agreed.. probably throttle plate.. carburator cleaner junk works i think.. or id take the throttle body off to clean it tho.. would be a lil hard to get the inside clean =/ haha.. also check floor mats lol

mikeunreal2

do you guys think this is anything unusual? anythign that shoudl turn me away from the car. everything else seems great. drives great, etc..

mike

Syndacate

true dat, but use fuel injection cleaner, the carb cleaner usually says on it in big red letters "NOT FOR FUEL INJECTED CARS" - even though ur not spraying it into the fuel delivery system..iono, that sticker always made me weary :-P

SVOboy

Use the fuel injection system cleaner, that says on it, safe for fuel injection systems,

Anyway, it's not abnormal, my car had it and so did my mom's.

mikeunreal2

Good deal. Im excited about the coupe. I can't wait to drive another honda. Hopefully this one will be reliable unlike my 92 with a jdm b16a. That **** was super unreliable!! Go go gadget SOHC!!

Mike