Engine surges

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So…… to close this out. 

I have been quite time poor lately, and issues with both kombis and we are leaving today for a two week holiday overseas. 

Spoke with Nils and the old one wasn’t that bad. 
But the micro switch was all gummed up. 
Apparently it has never had a cover? 
It’s underneath so you wouldn’t know looking at it. 
New one does 
So with all that dirt driving, no wonder I had issues

The new throttle body seems to go well……….except once or twice when I kick down (I have an auto) it stuck at wide open.  
I couldn’t work out WTF was going on and my mechanic that did the work had taken off for a couple of month holiday. 
Being an auto it isn’t just a matter of undoing the accelerator cable and checking for movement in throttle body. 
Autos have this weird set up of a spring and an E circlip so I have found out. 
While scouring the internet trying to find out the best way to get it off, I came across 1 comment that said “don’t make the mistake I made where you end up with the throttle body getting stuck in the wide open position” 
It is so easy to bend the spring that goes through the lever arm a “poofteenth” that it causes it to become stuck. 

So….. there ya go. 
Who would’ve known. 

Son was that a full "poofteenth or 1/2  of one?