Engine seems to be racing

[Kuddin25]

hey everyone,
i have a 08 FR and out driving it this morning i was cruising along at 60mph and it was as if the engine was looking for an extra gear, it was sitting at 3,000 revs so I increased the speed to 90mph and it was at 4,500 revs. Am I actually losing my mind or could there be a problem?

 

[Leigh15]

Unless your clutch is knackered, then the relationship between engine speed and engine speed will be fixed.

This means either -

- You were in the wrong gear

- Your clutch is shot

- You're losing your mind

60mph is roughly just under 2500rpm at 60mph in my petrol FR (50mph is 2000rpm dead)

 

[Big_Mikey_G]

60mph is roughly just under 2500rpm at 60mph in my petrol FR (50mph is 2000rpm dead)

This will obviously depend on what gear your in......

Im assuming 4th or 5th?


Mike

 

[Leigh15]

This will obviously depend on what gear your in......

Im assuming 4th or 5th?


Mike

6th - petrol you see

(I assumed he was talking about top gear as he said it felt like it was 'looking for another gear)

 

[Poverty]

is it dsg?

 

[Kuddin25]

Yeah its a dsg I rang the dealer today and booked it in for a service aswel on Friday. It definately isnt running right, and its only got 16,000km up on it.

 

[Nath.]

Methinks your DSG was in sport mode so won't go up a gear until you give it some more throttle pedal.

 

[Kuddin25]

No it was already in 6th but the engine sounded as if it was only in about 4th

 

[n_olympios]

When in D mode, does the screen have a number that indicates the selected gear? I think that's a feature in the MY09 and after cars, so if your car was built before April/May 2008 it may not have it. Also, even in D mode, if you press the gas pedal with a bit more power it upshifts, but in a sleek way, sometimes you don't even know. That basically means that it could have gone into 5th and you didn't notice.