where to spray oil on the accelerator?

mkoprulu · Post by **mkoprulu** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:54 am

Hi all, my polo has developed a slightly annoying sound lately. It's coming from the accelerator pedal when depressed about 0.5-1cm, which is the typical play of the pedal when used during start-stop conditions in the town. It's like a screeching sound and i feel it needs some oiling. So i sprayed some oil yesterday to the point where the pedal is connected to. No good. I still hear and feel the screeching.

It's annoying because it can be heard all the time during slow speeds as i'm constantly moderating the accelerator - normally.

Any ideas?

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:38 pm

Might be worth thinking about replacing the accellerator cable? Otherwise the two points that would squeak are where you've already oiled (really douse it, sometimes it needs a lot to soak in) and where it connects to the carburettor, oil the wheel that it connects to.

optima21 · Post by **optima21** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:07 pm

yeah I'd replace it......

its like with clutch cables, you can oil them but its only a tempory fix, and with a few days its noisy again

mkoprulu · Post by **mkoprulu** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:12 am

would it cause me any problems though? i'll be going for a holiday to lake district in may, and i don't want to have a snapped accelerator cable (or a stuck down all the way accelerator as a worse case scenario) while going all those miles.

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:46 am

Nah, accellerator cable's a nice easy job and there's very little that could go wrong. You'll be fine as long as you don't kink it