gas pedal hard to push on 98 trans am

**camarostripes96** · 02-15-2011, 04:13 PM

Well I have a 98 trans am and its been idleing up and down and the gas pdeal is hard as hell to push down! Does anyone know what's up with this and what's goin on??

**wheeliE-maxx** · 02-15-2011, 04:15 PM

Might be a seized throttle body or cable

**camarostripes96** · 02-15-2011, 04:17 PM

I don't know what it is, what is the idling up and down bout?

**0rion** · 02-15-2011, 04:26 PM

sounds like you could have a couple things going on. First thing I would do is clean the throttle body really well. I'd take it off the manifold (no gaskets to replace) and clean it really good. If it's all cruded up it could cause both the issues you have. Another option is an issue with your cable and a vacuum leak or something along those lines. Clean it first and report back.

**camarostripes96** · 02-15-2011, 06:04 PM

Is it hard to take the throttle body off?

**98maro** · 02-15-2011, 06:08 PM

It's very easy to remove the TB.
My car had the same problem.
I cleaned the tb it helped a little. I changed the tb now it's way better than before.
I got a ported tb.

**0rion** · 02-15-2011, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by camarostripes96

Is it hard to take the throttle body off?

basically just 3 bolts plus a couple plugs and the coolant lines that run through it. Would be a good time to do the coolant bypass while you have it taken apart.