I've had my KA (97 P, 53'000) for just over a year. All was fine for> the first 10'000 or so miles. Then the engine started revving when I> put the clutch in to change gear. At first just when changing up> gears, after I'd been driving a few miles. My first thought was that> the accelerator was sticking, I tried putting my foot under the pedal> and lifting, but it was already raised fully. I played around with the> cable and it didn't seem to be sticking. Anyway, the problem got> worse, it started happening all of the time. The revs weren't just> staying the same when I put the clutch in, they were increasing quite> dramatically. I tried a few things to test it, like sitting on a hill> with the engine running and the car out of gear. When I took the hand> brake off, at any speed at all, the revs shot straight up. Going> 15-20mph, it sounded like it was going to explode! Now even when> coming down from 30 to pulling up at junctions the revs are going> through the roof, they settle after 5 seconds or if you put the clutch> up, but this obviously causes the car to pull forwards. I even think> it may be constantly revving too high, altough this is harder to tell> when moving with the car in gear, it just sounds like it's working too> hard, and can often feel like I'm not slowing fast enough when I stop> accelerating. If I'm driving at say 50 or 60 even and I dip the clutch> the revs go up still. I've had a check done at the garage, hooked up> to some computer thing, but they say it showed nothing, they replaced> a 'spacer' which cost Ј7.50, which solved it for around 2000 miles,> then it started again and finally got worse. I need a proper final> solution... any ideas???>

Another thing... it has recently started ticking all of the time even> when stationary. The speed of the ticking increases with the revs. I> couldn't say where the ticking comes from but it sounds like it's in> the middle under the bonnet! Any ideas???>

Cheers, Richard