Floored and max 3,000 RPM. Rev limiter? WTH?

[june82000]

2002 V6 - Car is acting as if the rev limiter is kicking in at 3,000 rpm - floored and can't get any more out of it. Any ideas?

PS - and the oil light is doing the flash every 30 seconds or so thing. (good thing didn't pay but $500 for the whole car!)

 

[joegr]

There's a neutral limiter at about 3K that only applies if you are in neutral or park.
Having the no oil pressure light flash seems like a bad thing. I would connect a mechanical oil pressure gauge before going any further.

 

[june82000]

There's a neutral limiter at about 3K that only applies if you are in neutral or park.
Having the no oil pressure light flash seems like a bad thing. I would connect a mechanical oil pressure gauge before going any further.

Copy all - I have heard that sending units can be finicky, esp. at 199k. Engine sounds great - no grinding etc. I sat there and floored it for probably 20 seconds and still sounds normal. Again, I only paid 500 bucks for it.

 

[scjmc]

The neutral rev limiter can be removed with a tune, but is perfectly normal.

 

[Kumba]

Copy all - I have heard that sending units can be finicky, esp. at 199k. Engine sounds great - no grinding etc. I sat there and floored it for probably 20 seconds and still sounds normal. Again, I only paid 500 bucks for it.

Well, since you only paid $500 for it, why not throw a brick on the gas pedal and let it sit for 12 hours. If it does have an oiling problem it should get real apparent real quick.

BTW, if it does have an oiling problem, it won't be $500 to fix. So, might be a good idea to try and figure out what is wrong, even if it's just a bad sender.

 

[1LoudLS]

why do so many people think there is something wrong when the rev limiter kicks in, even if your not used to is, you have had to have heard of them by now, and it acts the exact same way that the car would if it was tagging the rev limiter at redline.



also flooring the gas while the oil pressure light comes on and off, this usually only ends one way, and its never good!

the best case scenario is that the sensor is bad, the worse case is that there is actually low pressure for a short amount of time



full of fail!

 

[june82000]

Well, since you only paid $500 for it, why not throw a brick on the gas pedal and let it sit for 12 hours. If it does have an oiling problem it should get real apparent real quick.

I like that idea - funny!!

BTW, if it does have an oiling problem, it won't be $500 to fix. So, might be a good idea to try and figure out what is wrong, even if it's just a bad sender.

It's hopefully just the sending unit (which I still have to find out where it is). I'm not sinking a bunch of $ in this car just to get it running so if it's the engine the it's part-out time and then to the 'ol scrap heap.

 

[june82000]

why do so many people think there is something wrong when the rev limiter kicks in, even if your not used to is, you have had to have heard of them by now, and it acts the exact same way that the car would if it was tagging the rev limiter at redline. full of fail!

I do know what a rev limiter is - just wasn't used to one kicking in like that. Now I know!