94 Explorer Redline question

[sillkk39]

Last week my gas pedal got stuck under my floor mat. I've got a manual transmission and when I shifted out to go to third the engine revved up to around 5500 for maybe 5 seconds or so before I realized what had happened. Afterwards I could smell some burnt oil. Does anyone know the damage I may have caused, if any, from redlining for that long? Thanks.

 

[Rhett]

Well, have you noticed the truck running any differently?

(stock, these trucks have a governor in them, to prevent such rev damage).

If you had thrown a rod or something, you'd know it. Might have worn a little on your clutch when it shifted in; that clutch material might be what you smelled. If you clutch is still shifting you're probably fine, you probably just shortened the clutch lifespan by 10000 miles.

 

[sillkk39]

no, I didn't shift when the pedal got stuck, so I'm not real worried about the transmission, just the engine I'm worried about from the high rev. But no, nothing different when I drive, so probably nothing serious to worry about.

 

[Brandons]

Ive pushed mine to around that, all it does is kind of bog back down about 500 rpm and back up a bit, it wont let you push it though. Autotranny A4LD. Now one of the problems i always have is my power steering cap popin up, spilling fluid all over the manifold, when the engine gets alot of action, make sure to check it.

 

[Redrig]

It should be fine. You would notice if you damaged something.

 

[Brandons]

i agree, you definately would know