Re: [T3] Overrevving an automatic

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 7 May 2004 at 20:30, Daniel Baum wrote:

> I was out driving today, and going up a hill. It seemed to be straining 
> a bit, so I tried to downshift to 2nd. I decelerated before doing this, 
> but even so, the revs went sky high. It only stayed like that for a 
> second or so, before I immediately put it back in third.
> 
> Is it possible that I could have damaged something? The reason I ask is 
> that there seemed to be a new noise after that, but it's possible that 
> it was just because I was listening very carefully for new noises after 
> this happened.

It's unlikely that you damaged anything.

The max speed to downshift the AT into 2nd gear is 55 mph, or 32 mph for first.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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