 Redlining to keep car healthy?, Truth or myth? |
 Apr 15, 2011 - 10:00 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Dec 26, '09 From Albuquerque, NM Currently Offline Reputation: 19 (100%)  |
I was told today by several people that redlining your car every now and again (about every 2 weeks or so) keeps it in tip top shape because it helps burn off carbon buildup from driving at low rpms and keeps everything nice and limber.
Any thoughts? -------------------- taking too long to mod since '09
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Apr 15, 2011 - 10:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
don't need to wind it out all the way, just some hard acceleration will do it. A good romp when getting on the highway from the ramp will do it well enough.
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Apr 15, 2011 - 10:31 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 15, '10 From The Best Coast Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) |
idk how true this is for our little low liter engines. It may be true for the big block v8s because of the amount of fuel and thus carbon they build up to "blow them out" sometimes but for ours i dont think its needed, and redline is a little excessive, i agree with bitter.
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Apr 15, 2011 - 10:48 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 13, '08 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
I was told today by several people that it was redlining in reverse.
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