over reved my 1293, whats the damage?
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hi guys, just returning to PH,
recently bough a 68 mini with a 1293 in it.
I just serviced it and went for a spin, part of the drive was on motorway and I gave it a boot. my rev limit is 5.2k and in the excitement I went past that but not by much, engine felt and sounded like I had dropped a cylinder so pulled into a layby and switched it off, fearing the worst I checked underneath expecting a pile of parts and oil but nothing so jumped back in and tried starting it and all sounded fine again. to be honest this has confused me, have I just got very lucky or any suggestions what to check to make sure all is actually ok? sorry if this sounds a stupid post but just cant believe I may have got away with this after the noise it made.
recently bough a 68 mini with a 1293 in it.
I just serviced it and went for a spin, part of the drive was on motorway and I gave it a boot. my rev limit is 5.2k and in the excitement I went past that but not by much, engine felt and sounded like I had dropped a cylinder so pulled into a layby and switched it off, fearing the worst I checked underneath expecting a pile of parts and oil but nothing so jumped back in and tried starting it and all sounded fine again. to be honest this has confused me, have I just got very lucky or any suggestions what to check to make sure all is actually ok? sorry if this sounds a stupid post but just cant believe I may have got away with this after the noise it made.
thanks for the reply cooperman.
I've only had this mini for a couple of weeks, its got a smiths rev counter fitted which the previous owner had set the red had to 5.2k just assuming that is set for a reason. also the fact that when I exceeded this in 4th the engine felt and sounded like it dropped a cylinder, power dropped as well, luckily this was right before a layby so basically stopped immediately. car also "feels" like it doesn't want to go past that mark. I've had the car back out for a wee drive and all seems fine, just concerned about the noise and drop in power when I was pushing on.
I've only had this mini for a couple of weeks, its got a smiths rev counter fitted which the previous owner had set the red had to 5.2k just assuming that is set for a reason. also the fact that when I exceeded this in 4th the engine felt and sounded like it dropped a cylinder, power dropped as well, luckily this was right before a layby so basically stopped immediately. car also "feels" like it doesn't want to go past that mark. I've had the car back out for a wee drive and all seems fine, just concerned about the noise and drop in power when I was pushing on.
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