John clayton
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- 2002 explorer sport trac
What causes engine to breakdown after hitting 3000 rpms in a 20002 sport trac
If it happens in neutral or park, it's the rev limiter kicking in. "Helps" to prevent grenading an engine without a load, or slamming the transmission into gear at high RPM. There's also a speed limiter programmed on "certain" Sport Tracs at around 90-100 MPH. OP's duplicate post 4 minutes earlier:
3000 rpms then breakdowns
so what is the fixIf it happens in neutral or park, it's the rev limiter kicking in. "Helps" to prevent grenading an engine without a load, or slamming the transmission into gear at high RPM. There's also a speed limiter programmed on "certain" Sport Tracs at around 90-100 MPH. OP's duplicate post 4 minutes earlier:
3000 rpms then breakdowns
SCTRev Limiter
Regulate the highest RPM that an engine can reach before the engine is electronically limited. Increasing the RPM limit is recommended only for racing purposes. Once of the most important ways to protect your engine from damage is to keep the RPMs from going too high.
Or call your Ford dealer.There are programming devices such as the SCT X4 that will remove the neutral/park rev limiter and the speed limiter, but they sell for around $400.
i was not trying to do this when i started to back out of driveway i noticed that engine was not operating correctly so i put it in park and tried to rev engine and would not go beyond 3000 rpmsJust curious, but why would you want to rev your engine above 3000 RPM in PARK or NEUTRAL? I can't think of any good reason for doing this.
Like everyone is saying, It's not supposed to go beyond 3000 rpms in park or neutral, if it's running poorly it has nothing to do with not revving past 3000 rpms.i was not trying to do this when i started to back out of driveway i noticed that engine was not operating correctly so i put it in park and tried to rev engine and would not go beyond 3000 rpms