Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior I messed up... 9000+ RPM!

yes.. 9000+ RPM... I was racing my buddy's GTi.. and I mishifted from 3rd (8000RPM) to 2nd!!! for a second there I saw the needle at 9000!! I quickly shifted to 4th.. the car is running fine but since this incident my engine is making a ticking sound.. its not that loud, other people dont notice it until i tell them about it.. but its very noticable for me. trust me guys i was so heart broken after this happened...

the drive is perfectly fine right now.. but I can't stand that sound.. obviously something is not right.. what do you guys think happened and what should i do???

maybe you blew a valve spring or twisted a piston or something, damn that sucks, you need to be more careful to the car, take it to a shop, let them take a look at it, wat you should do is stop trying to race it, Celicas are not racing machines, take it easy bro, hope things are not bad for u, good luck

i have that sound too, its noticeable to me. i took it too the desalership yesterday and the guys looked at it and told me it was nothing. they said all celicas make that noise. bugs me like crazy. i think it might be the timing?

yeah.. i usually stay away from the stealerships (aka dealerships).. but i think this time i will take my celi to them and let take a look at it... i'm not into street racing and stuff.. it was a one time race only with a buddy...

it happened right after the race.. I never noticed that sound before.. yeah man.. it does bugs me like crazy too.. can't stand it.

get a professional to look at it, avoid drivin it around as much as you can, you may be doing long term damage to it be careful next time

better check the car out b4 it breaks...
damn... good luck

Have A Toyota Specaility Shop Near You Check It Out. See If They Will Just Tell You What The Problem Is For Free.. Some Are Nice And Will Do That For You Good Luck!

i'm thinking it might have been there before but you may have not noticed it till now? when i first got the car it didn't make any noise, perfectly quite. but after about 1500 miles on the new engine it has been making that noise since. i don't think it is just me, but maybe the dealership is blowing me off because i'm a girl?

you may jsut not have noticted it before because you weren't looking for it but when you hit the 9k line you told yourself something has to be wrong so that was the thing


might havebent a valve and its tapping does the noise get louder/faster as rpms go up ?

Um...no you cannot blow a valve spring or twist a piston...

I did the same thing in my gts, totally blew the top of my engine, computer print out showed the RPM's at 10,026 . But luckly the 00-01 GTS it is a factory defect ( that is why the 02+ have a different red line) so it should be covered by warrinity. and if it is not scream lemon law and they will take care of it. That is what i had to do. $4500.00 repair done under warrenity.

thanks lol

you are VERY lucky your oil pump didnt explode. That is the most common result of an over rev. you'll want to have it checked out just in case.

when you take it to the stealership dont tell them what you did just the sound you hear! or else they will tell you some b.s. maybe

go easy on the car jeeze

Careful there buddy. Just because it's a yamaha engine doesn't mean it redlines at 15k.

yamaha engines do tick alittle when they get broking in it just the way they sound

dats exactly wat does bastard told me as well at da dealership.they said celicas make loud ticking noises n its normal.i took it in again today to get my lift bolts replaced,but does bastards told me dat there was nothing wrong with them.they said they tested my engine n everythin but it was fine.man...dis shit sux.i know dat theres something fucked up in ma engine because it is so slow compare to like couple of weeks ago.

it could be your valves hitting eachother, does your car throw a cel???? and yes its most likely under warrenty just take it in

all 2zz engines have a slight "knock" or "ticking" noise, my matrix sounds the same. its normal, unless you over reved the crap out of it!!

Yes, I cracked mine in half by an over rev. You should have seen it. Thats bad news. May have bent valves. I would get it checked out asap. good luck.

everyone messes up during racing! If we all kept focus on driving and shifting, no one would have bent valve springs or oil pumps blowing up. i don't understand.

everytime i take off, i never mis-shifted or over-rev'ed my celica. Don't treat your car like shit bro!

What do you mean by saying that 00-01 GTS are defective??

I just got a used 00 GTS, what problems should I be looking for?

I just recorded a clip.. the car was cold.. so just try to ignore the Intake noise.. you can barely hear the ticking in the video..

thanks for the input guys.. i will take it to toyota and just complain about the sound..

joylover24, did you mean that this is covered under the regular warranty or is it like a recall? coz i am at 63K miles.. so i dont have warranty any more.

where the fuck did you bring that "breaking news" from?
02 has a lower rev limiter, but 03+ have the regular rev limit just like the other years. the 02 has a lower rev limiter for some reason that noone knows. i guess they did it so it wont wear out the lift bolts too much, but then they redesigned the lift bolts

This is a "lift bolt". That could happen to you, cos they are weak and if piston hit valves this is the first thing brakes. Easy to check if you remove the valve cover and touch the bottoms of this "bolts". Also a compression test would be usefull to see if there is any other demage in the head.

I've seen a block where the connecting rod sliced a H into the side of the block from ejecting the rod right out the side due to an over rev.

they are very destructive to your engine, I woulnd't drive it if that happend to me and I'd have it towed to the dealership.

while you may think your tach was at 9K shifting at redline in 3rd going into second would put your rpms much further past 9K even if you "think" you caught it in time.

Take it to a dealer explain what happend, and pray they'll look at it for you, and if somethings wrong that the'll fix under warranty

Yup, same exact thing happened to me. Except, my car died right then and there. Wouldn't start back up. Now I've been without my car for almost 7 months. Had to get a lawyer to get it fixed. I should finally get it back next week. I fucked the engine all up. I'm so excited too. I should get my car back right before I get my lambo hinges.

^^^7months damn..i'd die if i don't have a car for that long..u gotta have a lawyer involved? for what?? tell the story bro..waht dealer won't fix it under warranty and shit?

guys, lets say that i did break something like a lift bolt etc.. would I notice any change in the drive?

also.. did you guys watch the video i posted in my last post? you can barely hear that sound.. but its there...

i dont have warranty on my car anymore .. its at 63K mi.. im takign the car to the dealer tomorrow.. lets see what he says.. but I dont know if i should tell him about over rev?
by the way do they cover your engine under warranty if you break it due to over rev?

you might as well tell them about the over rev. if you dont they will just say its a normal sound,( whitch it is..mine does it to)and not do anything. and if they decide to open up the engine and find a bent valve they will know you over reved anyways.

ok i watched your clip and thats what my car has sounded like ever since about 30k, i now have 67k on the engine and have had no problems. does the sound intensify when you rev the engine?

ok here is a higher quality AUDIO only clip. its long but you dont have to listen to the whole thing.. also the recorder was right next to the engine with the hood popped. its not as loud with the hood closed obiviously.

check it out.. thanks!

yea..i would take it to the shop because it does sound kinda bad, and its the only way to know for sure.

wow..that sound is crazy..u really need to have it check out..good luck..hope everything goes well..

man, get it checked out, doesnt sound too good

just throw a 3sgte in it and make it all better

sorry bro, you just bended a valve.

yeah I had the same sound. I took me like 8 trips to the dealership. And the didnt know from where the noise was coming until half of my engine got f****ck. And it was my girlfriend she went from 5 to 2nd.

whoa put that girl on check how do you go from 5th to 2nd, thats real bad drivin there, that must suck for you that your girl did that to your car, what was the aftermath with you and her?

no I actually didnt care because everyhing was repair by the warranty in toyota. But she was like earning to drive stck anywys so i guess is not only her fault but my fault to

like i said before that i just got over 60K, so i dont have the warranty anymore... i have an appointment with the dealership on wednesday.. is there any way this thing can be covered somehow?? if not then i guess im f**ked.

my vvt-i auto engine has a "clicking" sound to it. It's not just the 2zz!