944 Turbo throttle pedal hitting the floor

[midge]

When i get in the 944 when you press the throttle pedal it goes to the floor and doesnt return without pulling it back up, anyone help me with the problem here?

 

[ukporker]

If you get your head in the footwell there should be a spring attached to the pedal arm - it has probably become unattached or broken. access down there in the footwell is the problem for fixing it.

Richard

944 turbo 1989 - 320 bhp

 

[pauljmcnulty]

ORIGINAL: midge

When i get in the 944 when you press the throttle pedal it goes to the floor and doesnt return without pulling it back up, anyone help me with the problem here?

Have you had the car jacked up recently? Very common for the floorpan to be bent by jacking up on the front point that's meant for a four-post lift. Solution is to take a lump hammer to the floor, and not to let a thick-fit fitter near the car.

 

[Mike_Pollock]

+1 for the floor!

I'd add a piece of 2x4 between hammer and the floor.

 

[midge]

Ill have a look next time im at the car, so a good hammering from the inside should see it good?

 

[DivineE]

Does it holdopen the throttle fully or does the throttle close but the pedal stays down. If the throttle stays open I'm with the floor, or a carpet getting stuck in the mechanism.. sounds stupid but that was the cause of my dodgy clutch in my 944. Made me happy when I discovered the cure was simply to shift the mat back

 

[pauljmcnulty]

ORIGINAL: midge

Ill have a look next time im at the car, so a good hammering from the inside should see it good?

Only if you've jacked the car up in the wrong place, or had someone else jack it up in the wrong place.

If you can't think how the floorpan could have been distorted just before the problem appeared then please don't start hammering the floor! [&:]

 

[midge]

Ok lads, i was at the car on saturday and had a look at the pedal, and the floor, the floor doesnt appear to be dented at all, when looking around the pedal (inside the car) i couldnt see any spring, but could feel something behind the pedal, like a rubber bung, is there ment to be a spring here? anyone know where i can get one?

 

[GlennS]

Try your local Porsche dealer. They're often surprisingly good for little bits like that.

 

[Diver944]

ORIGINAL: midge

, the floor doesnt appear to be dented at all

It's not something you can visibly spot as it is so slight.

I had to 'fix' mine last week after it had been jacked up on the front donut under the sill when the bodyshop put the wheels back on [8|]

A fairly gentle thump with a lump hammer on a thick piece of carpet at the base of the throttle is all you need.

 

[midge]

Ok thanks, is there ment to be a spring on the 'bung' ?
ill give the floor a wack for good measure, im putting the car back together for someone and it came to me like this