ash90 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 My car is over revving on its own without accelerator being pressed and picking up speed on its own when I switched it off it had trouble starting back up then after about 30minutes it started no problem. The car drives fine for about 5minutes before it starts revving and picking up speed. Any idea of the problem please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omendata Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Throttle position sensor most likely or Idle Air Control valve sticking - take it out and give it a squirt and a clean with WD40. Remove the TPS connector wire and see if it fixes the problem - if it does as I suspect it will then its the TPS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash90 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 I have found the part to buy for throttle position sensor but after looking under the bonnet it looks as though the part is very concealed in. Any tips on how to change this cannot find any help videos for a 2006 ford ka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omendata Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I removed mine a few weeks ago - wasnt that difficult although my car is a Streetka. Not sure how different the engine is to be honest but all it took was to remove the throttle body (4 screws) and air box and pipe to get into it. Removal was then simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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