I haven't been on this forum in a while but anyways. For some reason i got locked out of 4th gear....i tried to shift and thought it was in 4th but the RPM shot passed 8k do you think i should be worried about anything? The car still running like before. I seen a similar thread like this before and people said don't worry about it our engines can take a beating but at that time this didn't ever happen to me so im freaking out right now.
EDIT: Where does our rev limiter come in at....i dont think i even heard it bounce off the rev limter the engine just screamed really bad for a second. I just went out and revved my engine to see if the rev limitter is still there and at like 7200 its still there but that seems kind of high.

 

I doubt you did any damage since the rev limiter will shut things down before it comes apart and it only over-revved for a second or so. One thing though - Don't ever rev the engine near the redline without a load on it like you said you did to see if the limiter was functional. Reving it in neutral can do major damage. I speak from experience since I was a tech for a number of years (before rev limiters were invented) and some things don't change. I saw many damaged valve trains and even some blown engines from reving to the redline unloaded. You were lucky so don't press your luck.

 

thanks for the info....i wont be worried about this 8k **** since i got into an accident yesterday morning...car-less.[:@][>:]