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Car Forum / Honda Cars / December 2006Sticky gas pedal since 2002 Accord was new
Bought 2002 Accord coupe new. It has 40K miles. Just a few months after purchase the accelerator seemed to stick when starting up. Dealer "cleaned" something and the problem went away, only to return about 6 months later. I’ve had whatever it is in there "cleaned" a few more times since- the prob disappears- then returns. About a year ago the service manager told me if it happened again he’d replace the "throttle body" something for free. But now they say they won’t do it- it will cost $150 to replace a "throttle body" thingie. I’ve read that this pedal stickiness is a fairly common problem. If I can clean this throttle body myself as opposed to spending $150 I’d rather do that. How do I know this throttle body thing even needs to be replaced? The gas pedal was fine for several months each time it was cleaned. Any thoughts? Thanks.  SignaturePosted at author's request, using http://www.AutoBoardz.com interface Articles individually verified to usenet standards. Visit URL to contact author/report abuse Thread archive: http://www.AutoBoardz.com/Sticky-gas-pedal-2002-Accord-Honda-ftopict200090.html > Bought 2002 Accord coupe new. It has 40K miles. > Just a few months after purchase the accelerator seemed to stick when [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Any thoughts? Thanks. ================================================= There's a couple things you can try, like using a different brand of gas or using fuel injector a bit more often. Vapors are gumming up the throttle body and gluing it shut when the car sits overnight. You can do a 'quick & dirty' cleanup in about ten minutes or you can pull the whole body off and render it hospital clean. I'd learn to do the former if I was you. Look at www.tegger.com or use google to find procedures. 'Curly' NancyK <none@000.com> wrote in news:948986_3dc7f1ef53e27f183ebff4ac5af1ddf1 @autoboardz.com: > Bought 2002 Accord coupe new. It has 40K miles. > Just a few months after purchase the accelerator seemed to stick when [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Any thoughts? Thanks. A sticky gas pedal is usually due to sludge and oil getting pumped into the throttle body from the crankcase breather tube. The usual reason for the oil is poor maintenance, specifically insufficient oil changes. This is where you need to clean the gum out of the throttle body, after which the gas pedal will work normally for a while. Insufficient oil changes will plug up the PCV system, increasing the chance of oil getting pumped into the throttle body. You need somebody to be honest with you and tell you if you are in fact not changing your oil often enough for your driving conditions. There are occasional instances where the throttle body itself is defective, in which case the issue would be covered by a TSB from Honda. I can't find one for yours, but your dealer would know, and can print it out for you if one exists. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > A sticky gas pedal is usually due to sludge and oil getting pumped into the > throttle body from the crankcase breather tube. The usual reason for the > oil is poor maintenance, specifically insufficient oil changes. There's plainly another reason, because it happens like this on my father's 98 Odyssey (4 cylinder) and it happened like this on my 2000 Accord, both of which get very regular maintenance. There's something else going on with that particular engine. >> A sticky gas pedal is usually due to sludge and oil getting pumped >> into the throttle body from the crankcase breather tube. The usual [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > There's something else going on with that particular engine. Then there ought to be a TSB on the problem. The OP needs to ask his dealer. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >>> A sticky gas pedal is usually due to sludge and oil getting pumped >>> into the throttle body from the crankcase breather tube. The usual [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Then there ought to be a TSB on the problem. The OP needs to ask his > dealer. from what i can gather, the dealer solution is to spray throttle body cleaner in there and that's all. i agree with elmo that there is something going on. i agree that it's got to be something from the oil vapor like you say, but it shouldn't be happening nonetheless. this kinda-sorta brings me to something i've been meaning to post for a while. for the past year, i've been running mobil 1 as a science project. i've also done a lot of reading around the subject of motor oils [and believe me, oil companies are slipperier than their product when it comes to keeping consumers in the dark]. here's part of what i conclude, and it may be relevant in this case: m1 /definitely/ has a lower oil burn-off rate than castrol gtx. [this may be relevant for your integra tegger.] what i find is that within the first 1000-odd miles of high speed driving, my civic will burn about half a quart of m1, but after that, it'll burn maybe another quart over the whole next 9000 miles that i run it. including initial fill, that's a total of 5 quarts over 10k. not too shabby for a clunker. with gtx, a fine oil btw, it'll burn a quart in about 1500 miles, and keep on doing so, so it's a constant monitoring and refill process. over 6k, it uses nearly 7 quarts including initial fill. some of this burn-off is due to volatile fractions in the base oil simply evaporating at high temperatures of operation - no surprises there. the difference is that m1 is much more isomerised than gtx and therefore has a much narrower spectrum of molecular weights in the base oil. therefore, there are fewer over-light fractions that can evaporate. now, if evaporation means this oil vapor from the crank case being able to circulate to the throttle body via the breather and condense into goo when the motor is turned off, then it's worth experimenting with a different oil with a lower evaporation rate to see if it mitigates the problem. it'll cost an extra $20-odd bucks at oil change time, but how much does it cost to have the dealer take off the intake and squirt cleaner every 50k? just a thought. >>>> A sticky gas pedal is usually due to sludge and oil getting pumped >>>> into the throttle body from the crankcase breather tube. The usual [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > from what i can gather, the dealer solution is to spray throttle body > cleaner in there and that's all. The *correct* procedure is to spray, scrub and wipe until clean. If any franchised Honda dealer does a spritz-only, he should be shot. I would expect a spray-only to be done by AutoZone or Firestone. Or Canadian Tire, for that matter. Just that was done to me this past summer when I had Canadian Tire perform a Motorvac service (which includes a throtte body clean). >i agree with elmo that there is > something going on. i agree that it's got to be something from the > oil vapor like you say, but it shouldn't be happening nonetheless. ONE: There is only one reason for sludge in the throttle body: Oil. There is only one source for oil in the intake pipe: The crankcase breather. There is only one way oil can get far enough through the breather to end up in the intake: It can't drain out of the valve cove baffles fast enough. There is only one reason it can't drain: Sludge. There is only one reason for sludge: Insufficient oil changes. TWO: As I said before, I have seen it where there was a defect in the throttle body or the throttle cable/linkage that caused the gas pedal to stick, and in those cases Honda eventually issues a TSB on it. THREE: There have also been issues with other cars where the valve cover baffles or PCV system are somehow poorly designed or assembled, leading to poor drainage and oil in the intake. In those cases as well, the automaker issues fixes for that. The fix may not be a TSB, but a mention in the automaker's internal information documents. Honda's is ServiceNews. The above two paragrpahs are why I told the OP to have that checked out. In any case, those issues should be readily discerned during a quick investigation by a competent tech. The fact that the OP's problem was fixed after the dealer cleaned the throttle body is strongly suggestive of oil in the throttle body. The OP also covers only 9K miles per year. We don't know what kind of driving he does, or how often the oil gets changed. No one has any information on the state of the engine's top end, or on the PCV system. Those things matter a great deal. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >>>> A sticky gas pedal is usually due to sludge and oil getting pumped >>>> into the throttle body from the crankcase breather tube. The usual [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > m1 /definitely/ has a lower oil burn-off rate than castrol gtx. [this > may be relevant for your integra tegger.] I wondered about that too, so I've been using Mobil 1 for the last four oil changes (total mileage under Mobil 1: about 8,500). I tried 5W-30 first. Then I tried the ultra-fancy 0W-40. The last two were back to 5W-30. Mobil has a new 5W-50 mix, but I'm reluctant to try that one. I've heard bad things about oils with huge spreads between the numbers. I also tried the Castrol GTX 10W-30 regular and "High-Mileage" formulations at one point. The upshot of all this? NO change of any kind in oil consumption no mattter what oil I used. My method of checking my oil level is very precise and controlled, so I can tell with a high degree of accuracy what my oil usage is. 1) Car is always parked in same place at same angle. 2) Car is always checked after sitting overnight, before starting engine. 3) Level is checked twice, and noted. 4) Car is driven 1,000 miles. 5) Repeat #1 to #3 to check level again. 6) Add necessary amount to top up (1L between centers of marks). 7) Repeat #1 to #3 to check level once more. If oil is now at original level, then amount added was correct. If level is still a bit low, you can now more closely estimate amount still to be added. 8) Calculate mileage. Measurements are always taken after the car has been driven to at least one full-hot drive cycle, to ensure maximum drainback into pan. By that I mean you wouldn't add oil, wait a bit, then check. You'd add, drive it to full-hot, let sit overnight, then check. All the above is meaningless on a car with low oil consumption, but once it gets as high as mine, it starts to matter. My current consumption is: 1,300-1,400 miles/US qt at the height of summer, with extensive high-rev operation on the highway, 1,600-1,700 in the late fall, and probably about 1,800-1,900 in the dead of winter this year (estimated). Two years ago, it was 2,200 in the dead of winter, and more like 1,600 in the summer. My rings are just plain worn out, and nothing will fix that except a rebuild. If one's main bearings were worn, with high oil consumption due to excessive throwoff from the bearings, then it's possible a thicker oil would reduce consumption by reducing throwoff. My bearings are fine though; oil pressure is well within limits. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >>>>> A sticky gas pedal is usually due to sludge and oil getting pumped >>>>> into the throttle body from the crankcase breather tube. The usual [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > I wondered about that too, so I've been using Mobil 1 for the last four > oil changes (total mileage under Mobil 1: about 8,500). ~2k per change on m1? ordinary oil is good for way more than that. provided there's no fuel mixture/ignition problems messing up combustion, m1 should double conventional mileage, especially for a freeway driver. last time i changed mine at 10k, it came out looking much the same as it did at 2k - same consistency too. should have left it in there for another 5k. especially as it had finished getting burnt and the level was constant. > I tried 5W-30 first. Then I tried the ultra-fancy 0W-40. The last two > were back to 5W-30. Mobil has a new 5W-50 mix, but I'm reluctant to try [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The upshot of all this? NO change of any kind in oil consumption no > mattter what oil I used. i don't think you're giving it time to stabilize. > My method of checking my oil level is very precise and controlled, so I > can tell with a high degree of accuracy what my oil usage is. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > in the summer. My rings are just plain worn out, and nothing will fix > that except a rebuild. did your head gasket dude use any abrasives when prepping for the new one? > If one's main bearings were worn, with high oil consumption due to > excessive throwoff from the bearings, then it's possible a thicker oil > would reduce consumption by reducing throwoff. My bearings are fine > though; oil pressure is well within limits. > ~2k per change on m1? ordinary oil is good for way more than that. > provided there's no fuel mixture/ignition problems messing up [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > left it in there for another 5k. especially as it had finished > getting burnt and the level was constant. I'm changing it every 3K now. It was 2.5K with Castrol GTX. I know I could leave it lots longer, but I'm paranoid here; I want to milk this motor for all it's worth. And when a rebuild is finally imperative, I want that crankshaft to be as perfect as possible. My oil gets jet-black after 3K, as does our Tercel's. And the Tercel has only 75K on it. >> I tried 5W-30 first. Then I tried the ultra-fancy 0W-40. The last two >> were back to 5W-30. Mobil has a new 5W-50 mix, but I'm reluctant to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > i don't think you're giving it time to stabilize. There is no stabilization period. Either a car uses oil or it does not. Mine does, and no brand or viscosity is having any effect. >> Two years ago, it was 2,200 in the dead of winter, and more like >> 1,600 in the summer. My rings are just plain worn out, and nothing >> will fix that except a rebuild. > > did your head gasket dude use any abrasives when prepping for the new > one? Absolutely not. In fact, he was most emphatically against using any sort of abrasives when we discussed the job afterwards. My oil consumption is due to high piston speeds and worn rings. Nothing else. At 239K miles, consumption was an average of 2,000mi/qt. At 279K miles, it's an average of about 1,600mi/qt. It's declined 400mi/qt in 40,000 miles. If abrasives had been the culprit, It would have gone from 2,000 to 200 in a few thousand miles. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >> ~2k per change on m1? ordinary oil is good for way more than that. >> provided there's no fuel mixture/ignition problems messing up [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > My oil gets jet-black after 3K, as does our Tercel's. And the Tercel has > only 75K on it. wow, that's not good. what plugs do you use? i know you live in colder climes which can keep the motor running rich, but excessive soot in the oil is a symptom of incomplete combustion. weak spark from the plugs can cause that. that's not say the plugs don't fire, but if they're weak, combustion is not complete - hence it's always recommended to have new plugs when going for a smog test. cheapo gasoline can give poor combustion too. [i'm running ngk iridium plugs, ngk coiled core plug leads and have been running chevron gas since about march. mine's still brown after 10k.] >>> I tried 5W-30 first. Then I tried the ultra-fancy 0W-40. The last two >>> were back to 5W-30. Mobil has a new 5W-50 mix, but I'm reluctant to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > There is no stabilization period. Either a car uses oil or it does not. that's not true. if a base loses 15% of the lighter fractions, the [heavier] remainder will not evaporate and losses will be stabilized. then all you have to do is bring it back up to original level and it'll remain pretty constant. and that theory is backed by my experience, as reported above. mine's stable after about 2k, just when you're getting ready to change yours! > Mine does, and no brand or viscosity is having any effect. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Absolutely not. In fact, he was most emphatically against using any sort > of abrasives when we discussed the job afterwards. how did he clean the block mating surface? was there any difference between consumption before and after the head gasket change? > My oil consumption is due to high piston speeds speed has nothing to do with it - it's temperature [pressure] and distribution in the combustion chamber. high speed generally goes hand in hand with temperature, but the speed alone is not the cause. > and worn rings. Nothing > else. worn rings will do it for sure. what's compression like? have you done a leakdown test? > At 239K miles, consumption was an average of 2,000mi/qt. > At 279K miles, it's an average of about 1,600mi/qt. > > It's declined 400mi/qt in 40,000 miles. If abrasives had been the > culprit, It would have gone from 2,000 to 200 in a few thousand miles. not so. it depends on the abrasive. something like scotchbrite is the worst of the worst - it has needle shaped alumina spicules that embed in surfaces causing abrasion for ever more. they will indeed cause ongoing degradation. but something like silicon carbide, with a relatively even grainy shape, will generally not embed and will sometimes, depending on circumstances, work its way out and get carried away by the oil. excess abrasion of any kind is a problem, but the /type/ of abrasion makes a big difference. >>> ~2k per change on m1? ordinary oil is good for way more than that. >>> provided there's no fuel mixture/ignition problems messing up [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > recommended to have new plugs when going for a smog test. cheapo > gasoline can give poor combustion too. Plugs are OEM Denso, straight from the Toyota dealer. The gas is whatever name-brand station is close by. The plugs are firing just fine, as evidenced by very low HCs when the car is smogged, as well as the obvious condition of the electrodes and insulators. >> There is no stabilization period. Either a car uses oil or it does >> not. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > experience, as reported above. mine's stable after about 2k, just > when you're getting ready to change yours! So then I should notice a definite difference after 2K, and I do not. Also, the car used to use no oil at all between changes, but that was 200,000 miles ago. And the Tercel uses no oil either. If there were any evaporation going on, I think we'd be seeing it in the Tercel. >> Mine does, and no brand or viscosity is having any effect. >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > distribution in the combustion chamber. high speed generally goes > hand in hand with temperature, but the speed alone is not the cause. Piston speed has quite a lot to do with it. It's one reason the old-time long-stroke engines would wear rings very quickly. This is a well-known phenomenon. >> and worn rings. Nothing >> else. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > carried away by the oil. excess abrasion of any kind is a problem, > but the /type/ of abrasion makes a big difference. Well he very explicitly and deliberately didn't use anything that might drop into the bore, so that's a non-issue here. He reports that when he did my head gasket, the bores were completely unscored, but were shiny smooth all over. My heavy oil consumption predated the head gasket change. Also, my oil analysis showed very low silica in the oil, so that's not a factor either. Use of a foam air filter, or an unfiltered leak into the intake, will wear the rings/bores very quickly, but the evidence is high silica in the oil. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >>>> ~2k per change on m1? ordinary oil is good for way more than that. >>>> provided there's no fuel mixture/ignition problems messing up [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > whatever name-brand station is close by. The plugs are firing just fine, > as evidenced by very low HCs when the car is smogged, yes but that could just be an efficient cat. oil burning cars don't leave smoke trails like they used to - because of catalysts burning the hydrocarbons. > as well as the > obvious condition of the electrodes and insulators. that's encouraging. >>> There is no stabilization period. Either a car uses oil or it does >>> not. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Also, the car used to use no oil at all between changes, but that was > 200,000 miles ago. oil consumption /can/ be worn rings - as discussed before, but my car doesn't burn oil if i plod about town. it /does/ burn it if i gun it though. that's high temperature. > And the Tercel uses no oil either. If there were any evaporation going > on, I think we'd be seeing it in the Tercel. does the tercel get driven like the integra? valve timing on that thing is real benign, so i doubt it could reach the same combustion temps, even at full throttle. >>> Mine does, and no brand or viscosity is having any effect. >>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > long-stroke engines would wear rings very quickly. This is a well-known > phenomenon. speed => wear. wear => consumption. speed != consumption. >>> and worn rings. Nothing >>> else. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Well he very explicitly and deliberately didn't use anything that might > drop into the bore, so that's a non-issue here. what /did/ he use? i spent hours and hours shaving crud off mine with a fine blade. no abrasives. i seriously doubt he had the time to do what i did. > He reports that when he > did my head gasket, the bores were completely unscored, but were shiny > smooth all over. ideally, they should still have shown the original cross-hatching. > My heavy oil consumption predated the head gasket > change. ok, that was what i was driving at - that's definitely wear. > Also, my oil analysis showed very low silica in the oil, so that's not a > factor either. good. > Use of a foam air filter, or an unfiltered leak into the > intake, will wear the rings/bores very quickly, but the evidence is high > silica in the oil. indeed. regarding evaporation though, consider one last thing. just like "synthetic" oil being a different formulation today than how it was originally, there's no reason a producer can't "weight" the base oil for higher consumption today compared to before. there's ZERO content information on the bottle, so unless you have a lab, you'd never be able to tell. >> So then I should notice a definite difference after 2K, and I do not. >> Also, the car used to use no oil at all between changes, but that was [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > doesn't burn oil if i plod about town. it /does/ burn it if i gun it > though. that's high temperature. Definitely. And I did say that. My oil consumption goes down significantly in the winter, which is definitely due to lower oil temperatures. At zero F, it's difficult for the oil in the pan to reach 210F even with highway driving. However, my consumption is still high across the board. And since I'm on the highway about 80-90% of the time (during off-peak hours), I can't spend enough time at city speed to be able to see if there's a difference. If I ever end up rebuilding my gearbox, I'm contemplating changing the 5th gear set for something higher, to reduce revs at highways speeds. >> And the Tercel uses no oil either. If there were any evaporation >> going on, I think we'd be seeing it in the Tercel. > > does the tercel get driven like the integra? valve timing on that > thing is real benign, so i doubt it could reach the same combustion > temps, even at full throttle. Yes, but as I said earlier, when my car had 75K on it, it used no oil between changes regardless of how hard the engine was driven. My driving then was much like it is now. >> Well he very explicitly and deliberately didn't use anything that >> might drop into the bore, so that's a non-issue here. > > what /did/ he use? i spent hours and hours shaving crud off mine with > a fine blade. no abrasives. i seriously doubt he had the time to do > what i did. He used a blade and time. He tells me there are no shortcuts when removing the head gasket remnants. He also says he's seen plenty of engines where someone has used ScotchBrite or sandpaper to clean the block face, and these invariably develop oil consumption problems very quickly, much faster than in 40K miles. >> He reports that when he >> did my head gasket, the bores were completely unscored, but were >> shiny smooth all over. > > ideally, they should still have shown the original cross-hatching. Sorry, that's what I meant. The crosshatching wears enough to make the surface a bit shiny compared to brand new, is what I was getting at. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Thanks for your help Tegger. Bottom line- they’re gonna fix it! I had to call Honda customer care to get it addressed, and I have to take it to the far and away dealer to get it done, but it will get fixed gratis. I would have just sucked it up and never questioned them without your help. Incidentally, I spoke to the tech who did the work at the dealer who "diagnosed" it last week. He said he never took off the valve cover and PCV valve to inspect. They just gave me a price for what they said "should fix it". Thanks once again > jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in > news:maydnb6nI8hnGeLYnZ2dnUVZ_hm3nZ2d@speakeasy.net: [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] > surface a bit shiny compared to brand new, is what I was > getting at. SignaturePosted at author's request, using http://www.AutoBoardz.com interface Articles individually verified to usenet standards. Visit URL to contact author/report abuse Thread archive: http://www.AutoBoardz.com/Sticky-gas-pedal-2002-Accord-Honda-ftopict200090.html NancyK <none@000.com> wrote in news:950751 _a14bce518bbd9b5b41aa6c711ae07e9d@autoboardz.com: > Thanks for your help Tegger. > Bottom line- they’re gonna fix it! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I would have just sucked it up and never questioned them without your > help. You're lucky. Unless it's a Safety Recall, TSB repairs are often your responsibility when the car's out of warranty. You must have been nice to them. > Incidentally, I spoke to the tech who did the work at the dealer who > "diagnosed" it last week. He said he never took off the valve cover > and PCV valve to inspect. They just gave me a price for what they said > "should fix it". He's a bad boy. He obviously doesn't know enough to check for TSBs and recalls, which is the FIRST thing that should be done. > Thanks once again. I love happy endings. :) SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Jim, Interesting idea and plausible- I know nothing about cars as you might gather but your explanation makes sense. I’m the OP and wonder if you think that the lesser grade oil put in at the dealer would still affect the throttle thing after about 5K miles. Thats about the time it takes for me to notice it, even tho I always change oil at 3750. I’m going to call the original dealer and if I get the same run around I am really going to be upset. Will report on what their verdict is. Thanks > Tegger wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] > > just a thought. SignaturePosted at author's request, using http://www.AutoBoardz.com interface Articles individually verified to usenet standards. Visit URL to contact author/report abuse Thread archive: http://www.AutoBoardz.com/Sticky-gas-pedal-2002-Accord-Honda-ftopict200090.html Tegger, I am sorry to ask but what is a TSB? Thanks....Nancy > >> A sticky gas pedal is usually due to sludge and oil getting > pumped [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > ask his > dealer. SignaturePosted at author's request, using http://www.AutoBoardz.com interface Articles individually verified to usenet standards. Visit URL to contact author/report abuse Thread archive: http://www.AutoBoardz.com/Sticky-gas-pedal-2002-Accord-Honda-ftopict200090.html NancyK <none@000.com> wrote in news:949210_6982fdd1bad4cf466dcd397fb82d12c7 @autoboardz.com: > Tegger, > I am sorry to ask but what is a TSB? It's short for Technical Service Bulletin. It's a document Honda puts out for its franchised dealers when a problem has arisen. TSBs list the symptoms, causes, fixes, amd the VIN numbers of the cars that are suspected of having the problem. TSBs may be issued soon after the car is released, or up to years later, depending on when a particular common problem surfaces. Honda has to see a repeating pattern to the problems before they will issue a TSB. They won't issue one if only a handful of cars come in with a particular problem. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Thanks very much Tegger for your reply. I change the oil at the dealer every 3750 miles religiously even tho the car is not driven under severe conditions. I think I’m going to take it to the dealership I bought it from and see if I can’t get a straight answer. Elmo, the Honda service person said that the Odyssey and the Pilot both DO have this problem but not the Accord. (I googled this and found that indeed it exists for the Accord too) But I’ll be interested in knowing what you’ve done to get yours corrected. NancyK <none@000.com> wrote in news:949186 _d0f0c797e95fdfb2a89213dfb98484ed@0000.com: > Thanks very much Tegger for your reply. > I change the oil at the dealer every 3750 miles religiously even tho [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > found that indeed it exists for the Accord too) But I’ll be interested > in knowing what you’ve done to get yours corrected. As I say, there's only one source of oil in the intake. If you've changed your oil as religiously as you say, then drainback should be unimpaired from the valve cover baffles and there ought to be no oil in the intake. DID the dealer do a VIN check for TSBs? Did they ever bother to remove the valve cover and PCV valve to see if the baffles/valve were sludged up or not? This is not rocket science. By the way, the type of gasoline used, or the use or non-use of additives like Techron, will have absolutely zero effect on oil in the intake. The two things are totally unrelated. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Tegger, Thanks so much for your explanation and help. I did call the dealer I bought the car from. And there IS a TSB for my car. They said to pursue this further with the dealer I am having it serviced at- and because it’s a documented problem that was never adequately fixed it’s covered under warranty. I will attempt to get my dealer to fix this, but at this point I do not trust them. The dealer I bought from is 150 miles away but it will be worth it to return it to them. I love my car and have had no probs with it except for this ongoing problem. Will let you know how this all works out > NancyK <none@000.com> wrote in news:949186 > _d0f0c797e95fdfb2a89213dfb98484ed@0000.com: [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > intake. The > two things are totally unrelated. SignaturePosted at author's request, using http://www.AutoBoardz.com interface Articles individually verified to usenet standards. Visit URL to contact author/report abuse Thread archive: http://www.AutoBoardz.com/Sticky-gas-pedal-2002-Accord-Honda-ftopict200090.html I had this problem with my 99 Accord 4 cyl at about 40k miles too. It was definitely a safety hazard the way the pedal was sticking. I perform all the maintenance myself and I do it within the recommend intervals listed in the owners manual. I also had the extended warranty at that time. Like your case, the dealer solved my problem by cleaning the throttle body. Then he refused to cover the cost with the extended warranty because no "parts" were replaced. To my way of thinking that was BS and I told them so. If something goes wrong and it is not a regular maintenance action listed in the manual, nor is it a consumable item like tires, wiper blades, or light bulbs, then it is an engineering defect and should be covered by the warranty. Anyway, I ended up paying the dealer for the cleaning and then writing Honda headquarters and letting them know what I thought of their scuzzy business practices. Honda Corp agreed to reimburse me for the cost, but I still came away with a bad taste in my mouth because they still got away with not covering it via the extended warranty. So guess who is not buying anymore extended warranties. By the way, the service rep at Honda Hdqrts recommended that I use Chevron gas with Techroline and also periodically add a bottle of Techroline additive to the gas tank in order to keep the problem from recurring. I think he said I should add it at least every oil change. Well, Chevron is the only gas I have ever bought since the car was new. I do add a bottle of Techroline ever now and then and it hasn't recurred yet. Sid > Bought 2002 Accord coupe new. It has 40K miles. > Just a few months after purchase the accelerator seemed to stick when [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Any thoughts? 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