Redlining at 6k rpm instead of 8k rpm..

renzkuken1 · Post by **renzkuken1** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:18 pm

I just drove it to the shops and it redlined at 6k rpm in first instead of 8k rpm wtf is wrong with it? Is it the engine or the gear box?

gpx000 · Post by **gpx000** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:58 pm

yeah that happened to me yesterday and the day before.
the car got a full service and tune up, going to see if it still does it.

Dras · Post by **Dras** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:47 pm

Sounds like your alternator is knackered.

renzkuken1 · Post by **renzkuken1** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:08 pm

gpx000 wrote:yeah that happened to me yesterday and the day before.
the car got a full service and tune up, going to see if it still does it.

Let me know mate,i would really appreciate it

Hope it won't cost much.

Post by **vipfto** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:55 pm

if the engine is not at normal operating temp it wont let it rev past 6k as a safety feture

renzkuken1 · Post by **renzkuken1** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:59 pm

so it will redline it at 6k revz instead? wow i hope that's it. I don't see why i twould be hot though cause it wasnt that hot a day and i just started the car..

evoman · Post by **evoman** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:38 pm

renzkuken1 wrote:so it will redline it at 6k revz instead? wow i hope that's it. I don't see why i twould be hot though cause it wasnt that hot a day and i just started the car..

What vipfto meant was that if the car isn't warm enough (ie not up to full operating temperature), it will rev limit you at 6k to protect the engine. Probably shouldn't be revving your car that hard so soon after starting it without letting it warm up properly.

renzkuken1 · Post by **renzkuken1** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:09 pm

ahh cheers. I get it

thanks for that.

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:40 pm

+1
The FTO has a progressive rev limiter... as the car gets warmer, it revs higher... at cold it cuts you out around 6-6.5, then as it warms up it lets you do more...
P.S. just because it lets you rev to 8250, doesn't mean the car is actually ready for it... :p

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:16 am

I always give it a good 10mins of granny drive when the engine is cold. That happened to me before.

If it continues when the car is warm, then what Dras said... Could be the alternator...

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:52 am

Redlining just 'on your way to the shops?'

spency · Post by **spency** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:43 am

Bennoz wrote:Redlining just 'on your way to the shops?'

Judgement.

I do it. I live 15km from shops in the bush. Sealed roads on rural areas are fun. Enough said.

renzkuken1 · Post by **renzkuken1** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:56 am

I have an intersection leaving the raaf base which requires me to slot into gaps that the normal corolla wouldn't be able to

so yes i get just before 8000rpm before shifting to second

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:09 am

The only chance I get to redline my car is getting onto the M7 at 100kph.

2 gears & a whole bunch of wheelspin & its all over in a few seconds

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:13 am

And that's not a euphemism ^

renzkuken1 · Post by **renzkuken1** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:35 am

i get to 70ish in first

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:16 pm

renzkuken1 wrote:i get to 70ish in first

Remind me never to buy your car

lol

spency · Post by **spency** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:37 pm

Bennoz wrote:The only chance I get to redline my car is getting onto the M7 at 100kph.

2 gears & a whole bunch of wheelspin & its all over in a few seconds

Not the only thing over in a few seconds

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:40 pm

spency wrote:
Bennoz wrote:The only chance I get to redline my car is getting onto the M7 at 100kph.

2 gears & a whole bunch of wheelspin & its all over in a few seconds

Not the only thing over in a few seconds

Touché, dad

bduffman · Post by **bduffman** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:13 pm

Rez do you own a corolla as well or did own one, ever been apart of src ,
I red line mine all the time mainly cause I beat people off the mark to steal there lane =)

FTO AUSTRALIA

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