amrif
23rd August, 2016, 08:28 PM
Throttle is an essential part of a safe car.
If the engine goes into so-called "runaway", that is, it suddenly gains insane amount of revolutions per minute, the throttle won't stop it (because you turned it off permanently). If your car uses automatic transmission, without the throttle you have literally no way of stopping it. Except for, maybe, blocking the air intake, but it's highly possible that you won't manage to do that in time. If you have a manual gearbox you can try setting your highest gear, then pressing the brake and releasing the clutch, such action may stop the engine as well.
If you don't stop the engine runaway in time it will most likely blow up your engine.
Visit this site if you want to learn more about engine runaway:
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/9liEWT/
If the engine goes into so-called "runaway", that is, it suddenly gains insane amount of revolutions per minute, the throttle won't stop it (because you turned it off permanently). If your car uses automatic transmission, without the throttle you have literally no way of stopping it. Except for, maybe, blocking the air intake, but it's highly possible that you won't manage to do that in time. If you have a manual gearbox you can try setting your highest gear, then pressing the brake and releasing the clutch, such action may stop the engine as well.
If you don't stop the engine runaway in time it will most likely blow up your engine.
Visit this site if you want to learn more about engine runaway:
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/9liEWT/