With all this winter weather theres alot of ice on the ground. Well the other night i got stuck on some ice. i had to back out and was still stuck. Until i stuck it to floor board. i wasnt watchin the tach or listenin to the engine but my girlfriend said i wrapped it out. will this hurt anything it was only for 5 minutes or less.
Thanks for any help
aaron

its a 2004 5.4 XLT 4*4

 

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE FOR YOUR VEHICLE, take more care next time to not lose temper or patience.......

 

Did you literally have it in reverse at WOT pegging the rev limiter for five minutes? Suprised your motor and/or tires lasted that long. Five minutes is a very long time.

 

How do i tell if i did any damage? i dont think i pegged the tach out tho im not sure. whats WOT mean? sorry for my stupidity, lol

 

WOT= wide open throttle. only way you will truly be able to tell, at least the cheapest way, is to drive the truck. i really dont see you pegging the throttle for 5 minutes straight. that an exagerated time?

 

wide
open
throttle

 

Next time you are stuck, try holding it at WOT and moving the shifter from D to R and back a few times.

 

^yep, always works when youre stuck. dont be alarmed by the loud noises that come out. its completely normal, i swear.

 

Ive had to push a firebird because of that light em up in reverse and drop it into drive. sad ending

 

Yes 5 minutes is an exageration. i just got off the phone and she said it was probally close 1-2 minutes.ive put about 30 miles on the truck since i did that and i havent noticed any differance. i know how to rock it , back and forth, but i couldnt go an enough forwards to help me any because my girlfriends car was in front of the truck.

 

i towed one home because he blew the planetary's out of his transmission.. lol guy at the track did that.

 

Engine will fair better than the transmission! All that rocking will overload the trans at some point.

 

I do this every morning backing out of my driveway

 

You just shortened your engine's life by about 70,000 miles, grats

 

I would have to say I dont think you hurt the motor at ALL....

they set a rev limiter for a reson...

only thing you should be scared of when doing stuff like that is all
of your drive train... U-joints/Rear end/transmission...

just that fact that its builting up heat but sence it was on ice and its
not like you were putting alot of stress on it... you shouldent have done a thing