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redline in park?
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redline in park?
I was recently at a Lexus dealership and the salesman proceeded to redline a IS-F for about 20 seconds in park and said he does this weekly or so to help maintain the engine. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to this practice in general? for C5's?
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Their may be something to that. I had a rental Dodge Intrepid and it had a different redline while in park and neutral. I wouldn't let me get above 4K I think. When in 1, 2, 3 or D I was able to take it to the full redline.
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With no load on the engine, even at 4000 rpm, the guy's STILL an idiot. He must be a car sales...........oh, wait.
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I cant think of much that is worse for an engine than what you described.................that is a lot of reciprocating mass with no load........and the oil pump better not be on break.
I would bet you he doesnt do that to cars he is making payments on and the owner of the dealership has never seen this demonstration.
I would bet you he doesnt do that to cars he is making payments on and the owner of the dealership has never seen this demonstration.
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He's partially right. It does help maintain the engine. It helps to maintain the engine in a very poor condition.
Probably puts the windows up and down 100 times per day to maintain the power window motors also. What a dumba$$.
Probably puts the windows up and down 100 times per day to maintain the power window motors also. What a dumba$$.