The exhaust system may be directly under the floor and it may be missing some heat shields.
If vehicle has a carb. (not fuel injected) a normal condition. When you step on the gas pedal the automatic choke is forced to close allowing a richer fuel mixture so the vehicle will start .
Get out of the vehicle.
There might not be something wrong with the gas pedal, but with your knee.
the engine timing needs to be adjusted
Something is wrong
False. If the gas pedal becomes jammed slip the shift into neutral, pull over when safe to do so, park the vehicle, shut the engine off then call for a tow truck or a mechanic.
False. If the gas pedal becomes jammed slip the shift into neutral, pull over when safe to do so, park the vehicle, shut the engine off then call for a tow truck or a mechanic.
Occasionally the gas pedal will have some resistance when you press it. You could check and lube gas pedal, gas cable, and throttle itself.
The gas pedal is on the right side as you are sitting in the car.
False. If the gas pedal becomes jammed slip the shift into neutral, pull over when safe to do so, park the vehicle, shut the engine off then call for a tow truck or a mechanic.
The pedals are always in the same order regardless of which side you sit. So the gas pedal will be furthest to the right.
Take your foot off the gas and move it to the pedal on its side - the brake pedal.Take your foot off the gas and move it to the pedal on its side - the brake pedal.Take your foot off the gas and move it to the pedal on its side - the brake pedal.Take your foot off the gas and move it to the pedal on its side - the brake pedal.
Why do. 1998 gas pedal get loose
Because you're stepping on the gas pedal.
On cars with a carburetor you must press on the gas pedal to activate the choke, cars with fuel injection do not have a choke so this is not necessary.
Slip the shift into neutral immediately, pull over when it is safe to do so, put the vehicle in park and shut the engine off.
Automobiles in the early days had real wood boards that made up the floor so, holding the gas pedal to the floorboards meant wide open throttle.