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   From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   micky wrote:   
   > Is red-lining worse, better, or the same when the engine is driving the   
   > wheels as when the wheels are driving the engine?   
   >   
   > I use the engine to slow down when going down hill, and today, for   
   > example, I put the ATransmission into 2nd and then engine went briefly   
   > to 5500, the apparent red line.   For several seconds was at 5000 and   
   > even longer at 4500.   
      
   I did that exiting the freeway in my last Toyota.   
   It sucked a valve into the combustion chamber and broke a piston rod   
   destroying the engine.  I gave it away to a needy person who installed a   
   used engine and ended up with a nice car.   
      
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