My 1990 won't kick down( the accelarator) any ideas?

Asked by maskscott Feb 26, 2007 at 05:18 PM about the 1990 Chevrolet S-10

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2.5 4 Cyl in the last couple of days has been hard to get the accelarator to kick down, and today it won't kick down at all.

carGrrl answered 17 years ago

Hello, Is this a constant problem? Can you give a few more details on this, such as when it started, etc? Thanks! CarGrrl

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Chevyman606 answered 15 years ago

sounds like the idle pin is stuck, to fix that, you would have to locate it on the throttle body and take it out, when its out, spray it with son carb cleaner. i had the same problem with my s10, and that fixed it

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Justin answered 15 years ago

do you mean it gets stuck revved up, or the transmission wont downshift when your trying to pass or merge into traffic?

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