engine AUDI A4 1997 B5 / 1.G Mechanical Throttle Control Servising

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Accelerator pedal cable, adjusting
(vehicles with 1.8 ltr. turbo engine)


Accelerator pedal cable -5- connected to accelerator pedal and routed
over the throttle actuator control module cable quadrant.
Note:
Either use a second technician or a mechanical device to depress the
accelerator pedal. - Remove clip -2- from notched section of outer cable sleeve -1-.
- Fully depress accelerator pedal to Wide Open Throttle position.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission,
checking adjustment

Test and auxiliary equipment required

Fluke 83 Multimeter
VW 1594 Adaptor kit

- Disconnect 2-pin harness connector from kick-
down switch.
In engine compartment on firewall.

- Connect multimeter between kick-down switch terminals using jumper
wires from VW 1594 adaptor kit.
- Measure resistance across switch.
Specified Value:
- Slowly depress accelerator pedal until Wide Open Throttle is reached.
If properly adjusted, following conditions will be met:
Shortly after kick-down point, resistance must drop to 0 Accelerator pedal must almost be up to the full travel stop
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Accelerator pedal cable, adjusting
(vehicles with 2.8 ltr. engine)


Accelerator pedal cable -1- connected to accelerator pedal and routed
over the Throttle actuator control module cable quadrant.
Note:
Either use a second technician or a mechanical device to depress the
accelerator pedal. - Remove clip -3- from notched section of cable sleeve -4-.
- Fully depress accelerator pedal to Wide Open Throttle position.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission,
adjustment checking

Test and auxiliary equipment required

Fluke 83 Multimeter
VW 1594 Adaptor kit

- Disconnect 2-pin harness connector from kick-
down switch
In engine compartment on firewall

- Connect multimeter between kick-down switch terminals using jumper
wires from VW 1594 adaptor kit.
- Measure resistance across switch.
Specified Value:
- Slowly depress accelerator pedal until Wide Open Throttle is reached.
If properly adjusted, following conditions will be met:
Shortly after kick-down point, resistance must drop to 0 Accelerator pedal must almost be up to the full travel stop
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Accelerator pedal cable, removing and
installing (vehicles with 1.8 ltr. turbo
engine)


Removing

- Remove driver's side storage compartment.

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- Disconnect end of accelerator pedal cable -1- from top of accelerator
pedal -2-.

- Release accelerator pedal cable ferrule -5- from location in quadrant.
- Pull notched section of cable sleeve -1- out of grommet -4- in bracket -
3-.
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Installing
Installation is performed in the reverse order of
the removal procedure, during installation, note
the following:

- See notes Page 20
-186
.

Vehicles with manual transmission

- Slide cable with cable bracket -3- and cable positioner -1- out of the
engine compartment and through the front and rear plenum walls in -
direction of the arrow-.
- Attach cable bracket with retaining clip -2- behind firewall, in the
plenum.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission

- Slide cable with cable bracket -3- and cable mounting -1- out of the
plenum toward the front, through the firewall to the engine and
backward through the fire wall to the vehicle interior.
Arrow points in installation direction.
- Attach cable bracket with retaining clip -2- in front of firewall in the
plenum.

- Connect kick-down-switch harness connector -arrow-.
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Accelerator pedal cable, removing and
installing (vehicles with 2.8 ltr. engine)


Removing

- Remove driver's side storage compartment

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- Disconnect cable -1- from top of accelerator pedal -2- (dotted lines).

- Remove engine cover -arrows-.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission

All vehicles
Note:
For vehicles with a manual transmission (no kick-down switch), the clip is
located on the cable bracket behind the front plenum. - Disconnect harness connector -2- from kick-down switch.
- Remove retaining clip -1- from the kick-down switch.

-
Twist cable positioner approx. 90 in counter-clockwise direction -
arrow 1- and pull out through the firewall side of plenum in direction of -
arrow 2- toward the engine. - Remove the accelerator pedal cable.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission

- Slide accelerator pedal cable -3- (with kick-down switch bracket) and
cable positioner -1- through the back and front plenum walls as shown
in illustration.
-arrow- shows installed position
- Secure kick-down switch bracket with retaining clip -2-.On engine compartment side of plenum

- Connect kick-down-switch harness connector -arrow-.
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