View Single Post
  #6  
Old 03-08-2008, 06:44 PM
EricSilver's Avatar
EricSilver EricSilver is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Fairfax, VA
Posts: 1,322
Quote:
Originally Posted by lsmalley View Post
will unplugging that switch mess anything up? do i just leave it unplugged or what? someone please advise?

It's a switch under the air cleaner, connected to -- or rather, nudged up against -- the throtttle linkage. I had the same engine in my 260E and that caused the high idle. The part is called "Thrust Cutoff Switch."

It is a fast, easy, inexpensive repair.
__________________
2008 E350 4matic / Black/Anthracite

------------------------------------
Gone but not Forgotten:
2001 E430 4matic, 206,xxx miles, Black/Charcoal
1995 E320, 252,xxx miles, Black/Grey
1989 260E, 223,00 miles, Black/Black
Reply With Quote