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Title: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: jhook661 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:
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: cooljimy84 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.....
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: dansmith180 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.
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: andybon 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:
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: howie1987 on May 08, 2015, 10:06:27 pm: Sounds like you got lucky lol. Would change oil etc as said above though.
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: Blackgtiman 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.
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: Kam88 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
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: Paulo P 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.
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on May 09, 2015, 01:18:34 am: You should get it checked over mate. That could have caused piston to touch valve :sick:
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: jhook661 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:
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: vRSAlex 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.
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: jhook661 on May 09, 2015, 08:10:04 am: Still runs spot on though ? Lucky ?
Title: Re: Accidentally stuck in 3rd gear at high speed !
Post by: jhook661 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 ?