handydandy

today, i got into my car and turned on my car. but the floor carpet was on the accelerator, so when i tried to get up to get something under me on my seat, my foot pushed the carpet, thus pushing the accelerator, and my rpm shot up to 2.8k rpm while in Neutral. My engine was stone cold (hadnt been turned on since the day before), and this happened like 5 secs. after i turned on my car. scared the hell out of me

i know that when your engine is cold you should drive un-aggressively, but do you think this was okay? im worried i damaged my engine.

thanks!

dolparism

Don't Worry....indeed It Is Not Good For Your Engine, However Only Once Does Not Critically Hurt Your Engine......

Un-Kut

are you kidding me? wtf...

moda_way

mltk53

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Howard911s

absolutely nothing what so ever will happen to your engine. if that causes some serious permanent damage, honda would have been out of business for years, not to mention other makes.

deadsetonlivin

Lol every time I got into my old prelude I took it to redline cold or warm... I just really like the exahust sound!!! No harm done to it tho, it still runs like a champ , I'm still in touch with the person I sold it to.

visuelz

It's people in these forums that tell you stupid things. Driving normally will not hurt your engine at all even if it's cold.

kipsy

bmw has always had the best advice, you need to drive your car to warm it up.

DAYTA

No offense, but you've really gotta stop worrying so much about these minor things. The only posts I've seen you make are questions about whether or not you've destroyed your engine/tranny .

It's a Honda, it'll be fine ...

rb1

2800 RPM is nothing for a Honda.

As long as the oil pressure was up (and 5 seconds is plenty of time), this is a no-brainer.

Incidentally, I think lugging a motor (e.g. too low RPM) when cold should also be avoided. For the TSX, 3000 RPM is fine when warming up, but I wouldn't be driving around too much below 2000 RPM.

TheMirror

No problem at all.

Trackruner228

iTrader: (1)

Well think about this when you acclerate after you started your car and its moving your in the 2k range if your going easy on it. This is assuming you get in the car and go and dont warm it up first.

JTso

iTrader: (2)

Honda has already implemented a rev limit when the car is in park or neutral for MT and AT. They even added the extra step to reduce that limit if the engine is cold. So don't worry so much about every little thing and just enjoy the car.

TSXnTEX

I think you should sell it and buy a new one, it will NEVER be the same....

Black_6spd

How did the carpet move? Don't you use the floor anchors to tie them down? The were installed so this sort of thing won't happen -- especially in the worst situation: when you're driving.

waTSX

jlukja

:shakehead

fixed

TSXnTEX

what does that mean?? what did you have to repair??

jlukja

I changed it to red text. Red text = sarcasm.

Brandon24pdx

OP is 27 years old and you'd swear it was the first time he's ever seen, operated or owned a motorized vehicle...

No it didnt hurt anything for christsakes.

Benz_05_TSX

iTrader: (1)

WTF< you guys are harsh. Hes just asking a Q man..

never happened to me before, because I never rev pass 2k rpm!! 550km/tank city driving FTW!!


and ya, your engine is gonna blow up pretty soon. DUck and cover!

minkl81

iTrader: (2)

never thought 2800rpm was aggressive. especially with honda engine.

SoCaliTrojan

I agree. 100% of his posts are like that. I'm thinking he has two names on here...and this is the one where he does the posts that he doesn't want to associate with his regular name

As for the original question...2.8k is a low rpm. I drive when the engine is cold, and I try to avoid 4k until the engine is warm.

Brandon24pdx

I suspect he's a Pennsylvania dutch

TSXnTEX

May have been to you, but i'm serious!!