Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !

[jhook661]

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 !!  for a split second ! Would I have done any damage still feels perfect And no noise or anything 

[cooljimy84]

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.....

[dansmith180]

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.

[andybon]

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, 

[howie1987]

Sounds like you got lucky lol. Would change oil etc as said above though.

[Blackgtiman]

no point changing oils.... if it still runs ouve been lucky if there are noises get your wallet out.

[Kam88]

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

[Paulo P]

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.

[GrayMK5GTI]

You should get it checked over mate. That could have caused piston to touch valve 

[jhook661]

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 

[vRSAlex]

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.

[jhook661]

Still runs spot on though ? Lucky ?

[jhook661]

Just did a compression test on all the cylinders are bang on 13bar I'm guessing that's what there meant to be on ?