yesterday, while parked and in neutral, i went to rev my car for a friend so he could hear my new exhaust, and when i hit about 6k it seemed to cut off completely as if i hit the redline/limiter.

normal? the car was fully warmed up, and normal. it scared the crap out of me, i thought i broke something!

 

most likely it wasnt totally warmed...? i think...

 

It must have not been warmed up, that is our protection for hitting high rpms with low oil pressure.

 

Yes, the engine was cold. But it's not a great idea to rev the engine up high in neutral anyway.

 

Yea, engine should be under load when reving up high, otherwise you could potentially bend a connecting rod amongst other things.

 

really? whew! it had just hit the 3rd bar, so i figured it was good to go. I wasnt even planning on redlining it or anything crazy.

good to know that it was meant to happen.

thanks guys!

 

^yeah the water temp meter is apparently not the best thing to go by...sometimes 2 bars will do, sometimes 3 wont...apparently. lol