Originally Posted by
ganzfeld
I'm prepared to take my punishment for this but I thought I heard a strange sound yesterday from my Mirage 2015 engine, so I turned the fan off and while stopped in traffic accelerated a little while braked, in Drive. I did not rev up racing-style but I did get up to probably 3k RPM for 2-3 seconds.
Of course now I understand this could damage the CVT.. is it possible a single instance of this could seriously hurt the transmission? The manual is pretty vague about the extent. I may have done this once or twice before but never did I floor the pedal or jump up to a high RPM, or even go over 3k really. But yes I did accelerate while braked.
If damage was possible should the CVT fluid be replaced or would that be pointless?
Unrelated to the CVT but here's
how my engine sounds fwiw.
Well you induced a bunch of belt slippage while throttling. Not exactly the best for the CVT for sure but realistically you probably haven't permanently damaged it. You could change the fluid. It is a metal belt after all.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 40.5 mpg (US) ... 17.2 km/L ... 5.8 L/100 km ... 48.6 mpg (Imp)