XUD Lucas throttle dampers

[johnny625]

I was just wondering is there a real benefit of throttle dampers on the Lucas pumps at least?

I know that the long damper on the front of the pump should smooth out throttle application and the round one at the back of the pump should smooth out return to idle. However, checking them on my Xsara the front one is pretty much gone offering virtually no resistance to movement in any direction and back one is nearly gone also.

The car seems to drive fine and the return to idle is just fine regardless of the damper's poor state. Are they there to simply stop the throttle arm slamming against the stops (max. revs screw and the anti stall bolt)?

[elma]

Most of them were removed in the 90s, not a part you need if you can smoothly press and release the pedal.

[chinkostu]

the rear one on my Bosch is dead and the only telltale is a slight kangaroo if you lift off a bit agressively. the fronts are useless and usually turn the pedal into something that needs far too much pressure to push. the old DW8 206 I had used to take ages to return if you took your foot off the pedal, hence why i was never too fussed about the Xantias.