Are my R.P.M's too high?
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Are my R.P.M's too high?
I have a 96 Dodge Avenger ES V6 2.5L DOHC and on the expressway, doing about 75 m.p.h, my revs are at about 4kRPM. I wonder if this is too high because I had a 2.2L 4cyl Camry and it did 80m.p.h at about 2.8kRPM. I'm afraid that I might be hurting the engine or that this might be a sign of some kind of problem like the O/D is stuck off or it's not downshifting correctly. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
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Short answer NO. That is why our gas mileage is so low for what power our cars produce. I know for a fact you can swap in a Dodge Neon engine for better gas mileage on the I4 engine I don't know about the V6.
Short answer NO. That is why our gas mileage is so low for what power our cars produce. I know for a fact you can swap in a Dodge Neon engine for better gas mileage on the I4 engine I don't know about the V6.
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I now know that it's not going into overdrive/fourth gear. Could this be caused by a bad solenoid or is the whole transmission just shot? If the solenoid is bad, wouldn't the TCM put out a code?
