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Old 06-03-12, 09:54 PM
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Exclamation Throttle sticking open during heavy acceleration

Now I always let my new car warm up after starting, and have driven it quite a bit in the past couple days, but noticed recently a scary tidbit that when putting your foot down more than usual, i think when the secondaries open they stick open sometimes and need to work 'em a bit to close them and cant switch gears effectively because it will try to go past redline, and so is this the ticket for a rebuild? It probably is because it hesitates a bit when touching the gas from idle and seems to skip sometimes at idle. Or would carb cleaner be a good idea? But im not sure 'cuz I'm a newbie to the rotary engine world.
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Thoroughly clean the throttle body with brake cleaner, then soak it down in penetrating oil. Go for a few drives to heat cycle everything, then thoroughly clean all the penetrating oil off with brake cleaner.
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Its carburated so take off the air filter cover and take out the air filter and spray penetrating oil into the carb? or should i use carb cleaner? sorry first carburated vehicle as well as first rotary P:S sorry for not mentioning that part i was busy at the time, and i meant should i have the carb rebuilt...
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Oh, carburetor. Well you'll have to wait for another answer then because I'm not familiar enough with the vacuum secondary mechanism to offer any help.
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