Cable on top of engine broke on throttle what does it do

I would not drive it this way. There are several parts which may cause this. Am concerned as what was involved with Ford not being helpful. Like did they look at it or work on it?

There is a throttle return spring in the throttle mechanism. Sometimes there are 2 springs with 1 being in the throttle cable and the other being in the shafts that the throttle plates are attached to. For this you would (WITH THE ENGINE OFF) disconnect the throttle cable and see if the lever on the engine manifold closes.

If it does close more with the cable off, then the cable is jamming. If not, then you need to check the opening where the air comes through the engine after removing the plastic snorkel from the engine air horn. The flapper inside this opening should more freely but be under spring tension.

There is an electronic part called a throttle position sensor. It can break, but usually does other things than what you have.

Intake manifold leak or vacuum hose leak. The vacuum system needs to be sealed from the outside. To understand this just know that when you press on the gas pedal, the engine gets more air along with the gasoline. When you have a leak, putting more air into the motor, it will speed up.

Jammed cruise control cable or defective cruise control. Did you have it set at 55MPH? Maybe it is not releasing.

Of all of these there are no free fixes, just some that cost less than others. A simple hole in a vacuum line could be fixed with a new line or tape.

Good luck on this.

Check throttle body,may be broken cable and clean too.

has cable from pedal to throttle positioner on engine side of firewall

throttle position sensor/ Idle air control sensor no good one or both could be bad if you are parked can you press on the gas and the engine raises the rpm's or does it stay the same could also be accelerator cable broke if no raise in engine rpm's revs up

On Youtube, search for "throttle cable replacement volvo". It might help.

first you need drain engine coolant down below thermostat. what engine type 3.8 or 3.4 need to know.the 3.8 engine thermostat housing on top intake follow top radiator hose to thermostat housing.the 3.4 engine you have to remove air filter housing with air inlet duct with mass air flow sensor.you have to remove throttle body with coolant hoses.go to auto parts store buy new throttle body hoses old ones will be hard to remove might have to cut two small hoses also buy new throttle body gasket also. before you can remove throttle body unit you have to remove accelerator cable and downshift cable from bracket bolted to throttle body.once throttle body remove then you can remove thermostat housing bolt remove replace thermostat.

on a gas engine in the disco, it's bolted to the throttle body. on the right side of the engine. where the black plastic air intake tube meets the engine. there are two throttle cables coming across the top of the engine, from the left side. they attatch to the throttle body. the tps. is the only sensor on the tb

i would not just go buy a tps on a guess
first check to see if you can bring the throttle up by hand at the motor where the throttle cable connects to the throttle body it may be a cable that broke

if you follow the hose from your air filter to where it meets the engine you will see your throttle cable also connected to this piece on the intake that is your throttle body.

check the throttle cable linkage under the shield on the top front of the engine. cable likely came off the cam or the clip holding it there popped out.