Redline on cold start!

**MRSPCS** · 13-06-2006 12:35 AM

okay guys, my s2k was cold, i started her up and made my way home, as i went to hit high revs, the rev metre hit about 5-6grand and it cut out.. was curious to know if this has happened to anyone, or know what might've caused the problem? I'm assuming it was bcoz the car was cold, but not too sure..

cheers,

Kare

**Q_ball** · 13-06-2006 12:37 AM

it is cause the car is cold.
basically dont redline when cold.
bad for the engine.

**WhiteAP1** · 13-06-2006 12:42 AM

lol

**MRSPCS** · 13-06-2006 12:46 AM

cheers dude.. only got the s2k the other day, never had this problem with the s15..

**destrukshn** · 13-06-2006 12:56 AM

oh dude, even worse if you did it on your s15.
=/
but yeah, drive it when it's cold, but don't redline/give it hell.
lol.
let it warm up to normal operating temps before going nuts
cheers

**MRSPCS** · 13-06-2006 12:59 AM

cheers dude, much appreciated.

Kare

**aznsiko** · 13-06-2006 01:05 AM

.... never knew cold engine makes car cut out early..

**aaronng** · 13-06-2006 01:19 AM

When your engine is not warmed up, the ECU sets the rev limit to 6000rpm and disables vtec. Same thing happens to the Celica too.

**zerospel** · 13-06-2006 03:51 AM

Yes that happened to me too, got me really worried but got over it, never again !

**robert112** · 13-06-2006 08:03 AM

everyone should buy their car off mrspcs

**ROLLED** · 13-06-2006 09:14 AM

s2k technology > s15 technology...

also don't vtec until you have got 3 bars, but even then wait a few minutes because the oil temp wont come to operating temp as quickly as the water temp will. Also don't warm up the car in the driveway until it has 3 bars then go vtec it because you need to let the gear box and diff fluids warm up
so always drive it gently first just to warm all the moving parts up then you can give it hell!