When you are ready to leave for work after your car has sat for a prolonged period of time check the ground underneath your car for puddles.
Floor the pedal bad for car.
Or is it fine.
When you push down on the brake pedal a little you re telling your car to slow down a bit.
The brake pedal is what you use to communicate to the car that you want it to slow down and it should always function the same.
Many drivers have reported that brake pedal goes to the floor after new master cylinder replacement.
In absolute terms increasing the throttle position increases the load on the engine making it do more work.
The pedal will go all the way to the floor and the car will be harder to stop.
It is debatable whether flooring the gas pedal really is bad for the car.
There s one more thing that could be causing the brake pedal to go all the way to the floor.
When i get onto the highway i like to floor it and accelerate as quickly as the v 6 can take me.
Then as soon as i get to 65 mph i quickly let off the pedal and cruise at the speed limit.
Imagine throwing a bowling ball.
Another common reason why your brake pedal may go down to the floor is because you are running low on brake fluid.
But if the engine is within it s operating specs as far as coolant temp oil temp etc.
Is it bad for me to floor it a lot and will that hurt the engine.
This happens because you are not getting sufficient power boost required to stop the car.
The most common reason this happens is because you have a leak in one of your lines.
I rarely if ever do this but last night i had it in sport mode and i just wanted to see what power the engine had.
When you apply maximum force to the brake pedal you re telling your car you want to slow down very quickly.
Presence of air in brake lines.
I just love hearing the roar of the engine.
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The only damage that operating a car engine at wot for less than several consecutive minutes will cause is to the fuel level in the gas tank.
It was maybe floored for 10 to 15 seconds.
Car engines actually benefit from occasional operation at full throttle for brief periods of time because it will dislodge tiny particles of carbon which tend to accumulate on the cylinder head and valves.
I ve actually heard it s good to do this every once in awhile to clean the injectors and engine out.
The pedal goes all the way to the floor to stop the car completely.
Then it can handle high rpm high load for a lot longer than most people.
Is it bad to floor the gas pedal on your car.