Overrevving while changing gear

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Overrevving while changing gear

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I have got a 1987 T25 VW transporter and I have noticed that the engine overrevs when I change gear (particularly higher gears)
Can anyone help please?

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Engine type ?
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Ian Hulley wrote:Engine type ?

Thanks for the interest.
It is a 1.6 diesel

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Turbo diesel ?
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It overrevs inbetween gears?
I'd suspect that your accelerator cable is semi-stuck.
Get someone to give you hand = alternate one stepping on the pedal, the other pulling back at the pump while you flush the cable sleeve with WD 40 from both ends.
You'd need to take out the spare wheel to get at the front end of the cable.
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