went out cruising today.....meant to get on it in 2nd gear (but some how i didnt realize the car was in neutral) bounced of the rev limiter for about 4 secs.... i had a nasty smell coming from the engine....drove another mile to get home....

is the smell normal???.... I mean people bounce off the rev limiter all the time..right???


thanks for your help!

J

 

bouncing off the rev limiter is NOT over revving

 

so what was that smell afterwards..... should the engine be ok?

thanks

 

run a compression test....

put a dollar over the exhaust, if its sucking it in you have bent exhaust valves

 

if you have exhaust valves you will be able to tell without the dollar. The car will idle very very rough. Check the under the hood section. Also, from my understanding an over-rev only occurs due to a mis shift, since there is a rev limiter. But my honda dealership told me that you can crack the retainers just by "taking it to redline to often"



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He didn't "over-rev". Therefore, he didn't bend any valves. Save your dollar.

 

So, how many times in the lifetime of an S2000 engine should you be able to take it to redline? Should you do it all in one day? A week? A year? Or should we try to restrict it to X number of redline runs per year so we can make the engine last 10 years?
Your Honda dealership is full of IDIOTS.

 

oops, I read that wrong, I thought you mis-shifted into second

 

yeah...sorry guys...i guess i shouldnt have titled this thread "over reved" which i understand i didnt do..i just bounced off the rev limiter accidently for about 4- 5 sec.



J

 

Don't worry too much bro, just careful next time. Enjoy your ride