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Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« on: May 08, 2015, 09:35:52 pm »
As above I was was giving it some and i accidentally stuck it in 3rd instead of fifth and the revs went to 8000 k !!  :sick: for a split second ! Would I have done any damage still feels perfect And no noise or anything  :scared:
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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2015, 09:40:47 pm »
Done that in my mk4, was fine.
Did it in my Honda Civic (F reg) and broke the dizzy (yes it was a crappy 1.5 civic....)

Not much you can do part from drain the oil and check for lumps of metal...
Or pull the engine apart and have a look.....
There is no replacement for displacement....
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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2015, 09:52:48 pm »
Yeah I would change both the engine and gearbox oil ASAP and have a good look through then, these things are pretty strong so you may get away with it. Fingers crossed for you mate.

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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2015, 09:55:00 pm »
It should be fine doing it just the once, if you are doing it constantly then that's where the problems start.

I suppose it's one way of blasting the crap out of the engine,  :laugh:
How hard can it be?

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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2015, 10:06:27 pm »
Sounds like you got lucky lol. Would change oil etc as said above though.

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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2015, 10:19:13 pm »
no point changing oils.... if it still runs ouve been lucky if there are noises get your wallet out.

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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2015, 10:43:18 pm »
don't bother changing anything if works as before and no noises don't change it.

If you hearing noises drain oil and check it over

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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2015, 11:17:14 pm »
I did a similar thing on my old Integrale a long time ago but I hit 2nd instead of 4th at quite high speed and a few months later the cam belt jumped a tooth or 2 and destroyed the engine, to this day I do not know if that was a result of hitting 2nd and the engine hitting best part of 9,000rpm (calculated) briefly.

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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2015, 01:18:34 am »
You should get it checked over mate. That could have caused piston to touch valve  :sick:
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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2015, 07:55:44 am »
Thanks all for your feedback I think I'll changing the oil today and see how it goes if it does blow any excuses for s3 engine  :happy2:
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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2015, 08:05:57 am »
Vagcom will tell you exactly what rpm you hit.

I've seen rockers jumping off, valves snapping, valve springs snapping, belts jumping from over reving.
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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2015, 08:10:04 am »
Still runs spot on though ? Lucky ?
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Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2015, 11:11:10 am »
Just did a compression test on all the cylinders are bang on 13bar I'm guessing that's what there meant to be on ?
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