Diesel Limiter cutting in

dobbie · 2nd July 2008, 12:35

Honda 57 Civic Type S 2.2 D - I have been getting a strange problem when trying to open up the engine and pull away fairly quickly. I know we try and pull away from lights but on the last few occsions when giving it some wellie I have managed to get all 5 led;s lit and de activate the power in first gear. The limiter seems to cut in to soon so if you want to keep the power on a touch longer my civic does not seem to handle this. I have even managed to do this in second gear as well, although this has only happend once.

My question is, has this happend to anyone else and is it a normal function of the car. Incidently when I first got the car this did not happen and it seemed to have a lot more poke in first. This has only happend in the last few weeks.

Bernie

cylon2007 · 2nd July 2008, 14:01

If the limiter is cutting in your are over revving it change up earlier. I find it better to get rolling in first then floor it in second.

Dimplyred · 2nd July 2008, 14:54

I don't know what the led's are like in the diesel, but in my Type R when all of them are lit I am right at the top of the rev range, and to continue revving it would cause the limiter to activate.

Have a read of this : Rev Limiter

If you think it is not working properly take it into your dealer and demonstrate it to them. Sounds to me like it is ok though

cb550 · 2nd July 2008, 16:14

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Originally Posted by dobbie

Honda 57 Civic Type S 2.2 D - I have been getting a strange problem when trying to open up the engine and pull away fairly quickly. I know we try and pull away from lights but on the last few occsions when giving it some wellie I have managed to get all 5 led;s lit and de activate the power in first gear. The limiter seems to cut in to soon so if you want to keep the power on a touch longer my civic does not seem to handle this. I have even managed to do this in second gear as well, although this has only happend once.

My question is, has this happend to anyone else and is it a normal function of the car. Incidently when I first got the car this did not happen and it seemed to have a lot more poke in first. This has only happend in the last few weeks.

Bernie

Hav'nt(knowingly) had the rev limiter cut in on this car,but have with other diesel cars.

Have had all the led's up in 1st,but I think anticipating the change up,so probably not holding on for the rev limiter to have an effect.

I would have thought the car was functioning properly if holding on in a gear at max revs and the the car hesitates due to the limiter

FAL · 3rd July 2008, 16:03

First gear is quite "short" on this car, so you should expect to quickly run out of revs in first. Fifth is very "tall" too compared with some other makes I've driven.
One day, with 6 gears to play around with, some designer somewhere might actually manage to get the gear ratio spacings optimised. As it is, we still seem to suffer from the sort of gearbox "gaps" we used to see with a "short" second in 1960s 4speed Fords........

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Dimplyred Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 24th August 2007 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 4,768 Thanks: 19 Thanked 137 Times in 135 Posts iTrader: (0)	I don't know what the led's are like in the diesel, but in my Type R when all of them are lit I am right at the top of the rev range, and to continue revving it would cause the limiter to activate. Have a read of this : Rev Limiter If you think it is not working properly take it into your dealer and demonstrate it to them. Sounds to me like it is ok though Last edited by Dimplyred; 2nd July 2008 at 14:59. Reason: Added link

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cylon2007 Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 14th April 2007 Location: South Manchester/North Cheshire Posts: 526 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader: (0)	If the limiter is cutting in your are over revving it change up earlier. I find it better to get rolling in first then floor it in second.

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FAL Valve Cap Join Date: 30th January 2008 Location: UK Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	First gear is quite "short" on this car, so you should expect to quickly run out of revs in first. Fifth is very "tall" too compared with some other makes I've driven. One day, with 6 gears to play around with, some designer somewhere might actually manage to get the gear ratio spacings optimised. As it is, we still seem to suffer from the sort of gearbox "gaps" we used to see with a "short" second in 1960s 4speed Fords........