348 Throttle stuck & central locking questions

Why do you say it was the left throttle linkage? The left and right linkage should not be able to operate independantly of each other when assembled correctly.

The central locking sometimes acts up when one of the doors isn't closed quite all the way.

 

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....................................

 

There is an Italian joke that goes along the lines of "cruise control" being your floor mat.

If you were frenetically shifting, you may have scooted your floor mat into your throttle. Happens.

 

Guilty man here. Mine sat idling at 3K at traffic lights. Lots of panic and looking under the engine lid for the root cause. It was the carpet. But hey. I had only had it a few weeks at the time.

As for the door not locking. My passenger lock suffers from frantic opening and closing without any intervention from me. I suspect the centrel locking is not fully opening and so re-engages the lock. It propably needs adjustment inside the door mechanisms. Be very careful when using the key to open the doors. Never force it or a small piece of metal in the door lock will break and bye bye door lock. (£100 for the small part in the UK)

 

A broken wire or bad connection in the door connector (very common) can cause this. It was exactly this fault (plus a crackling speaker) that made me re-wire it.

 

Far too true to be funny

My mat drives me mad by regularly catching the throttle

 

I will 2nd Chisx666. My 348 spider exhibited similar symptoms. Broken wires at the door connector. Driver's door in my case.

 

Done the floor mat trick myself.

 

Be careful with the throttle linkage @ the back of the engine as well. Sometimes, it can come loose & your accelerator pedal will fall flat to the floor. Happened to my friend. My central lock doesn't even work so I installed aftermarket system. Speaking of pedals, do you guys know if there are bushings that need to be greased or changed periodically?

 

Just was thinking,cause you said the left hand side throtle linkage was stuck?? You checked it when you got home?? It just got me thinking......................... If the mat sticks under the pedal,which mine does also,it will keep the revs up,but both throttle bodies will stay open bcecause it only has one cable goin to the linkages. You mentioned that only the left was stuck open?? Maybe you have another problem there mate?? Maybe sticking LH butterfly shaft in the throttle body?? See how you go anyways?

 

You mean the accellerator cable came off the linkage?? Scary stuff when you are driving through an intersection ect....... As for the pedal bushes ect..My mat is a bugger for sticking the pedal also,so one day i removed it and the pedal was still sticking every now and then,so i sprayed some WD-40 up the cable(behind the pedal and in the engine bay) and it lubed it up great. No trouble sticking ever now! That was when i took the car home back in August last year and 2000km travelled. Try that boys!

 

That would be great! We could skip over the border to the N.T and race each other to 300kmh............................or die trying! MWHAHAHAHA