2002 Nissan Maxima Took engine over 6500 RPM and...
Took engine over 6500 RPM and...
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Well I've hardly ever red lined my 02 Maxima SE but I don't know about the guys who owned it before me. Well I wanted to see where the RPM governor cut it out so I took it to about 6700 and it cut out all right. It lost major power right away and almost died out. When I tried to accelerate it would only go to about 2500 RPM and then fluttered there. When I let the gas off it makes a slight mechanical clanking noise, almost like a valve is seized or something. It seems to be idling fine other than it drops to 3 or 4 hundred here and there then comes back up. The power between 700-2300ish RPM seems almost normal but I don't want to push it. Any advice would be of great interest to me.
Thanks,
Fraser
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sorry, you made a bad choice by doing that. it sounds like you now have internal damage. you need a shop that can do test to perform for you that will identify the issue. sounds like a re build or new motor is in order.
Roy
Most people just look in the service manual to check the rev limiter specs. But I suspect when you get the estimate for an engine replace or rebuild, you will realize a service manual would have been a lot cheaper.
