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1996 Chrysler Town & Country Gas Govener in Park?
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Mar 29, 2008, 5:57 PM
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1996 Chrysler Town & Country Gas Govener in Park?
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Does the 2006 Chrysler T&C have a govener so you can't redline the engine while in park? It seems to sputter around 300 rpms.
Thanks.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Mar 29, 2008, 6:16 PM
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You meant 3,000 - right? If it's not restricted around that with no load it should be to save youself from the BIG BANG you'll probably get a chance to witness if you keep trying that!
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Mar 29, 2008, 7:00 PM
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Your reply was too funny! Yeah I meant 3000. Is that a yes though? It drives just fine.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Mar 29, 2008, 7:40 PM
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I don't know if this is purposely limited but anything over 2,500 rpm with no load is not a good idea on engines for the most part. Why are you doing this? The resistance of load actually helps hold the engine from blowing up - keep trying and you may find out!
Redline would probably be 4,200 or so (guess) and you could see that and the behavior if you want just flooring it from slow or stop safely on a highway and 1st to 2nd shift would be about the max the engine should ever be exposed to and should handle that - with the load! With good judgement that could be a safe and legal test if you need to know if it can.
You won't catch me testing the no load limits on cars unless I want the exposion - not!
Computer controls for engine in this vintage I would expect to be confused with making automatic adjustments for NO LOAD high rpm.
Again - if the vehicle is running properly for you, why are you doing this????
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dmac0923
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Mar 31, 2008, 6:18 AM
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i believe its a sort of Rev Limiter.
the newer fords dont rev past 3,000 without the iginition cutting out also
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Apr 2, 2008, 2:09 PM
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I'm crying, i'm laughing so hard. No I don't just sit in the van and gun the engine in my spare time. 
The reason we gave the van a little gas while in park was I thought I heard a strange engine noise. Then we noticed this governer thing kicking in.
It appears though there could be power steering issues with this van that is common with 2005 & 2006 Chrysler Town and Country.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Apr 2, 2008, 3:57 PM
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If you did just sit in the thing and gun the engine all the time this could happen No problem - it's just one last big bang.......... then no more noise! Good way to meet your neighbors and see how fast emergency response is in your area
Seriously - it could be lots of things. Check all fluids first. See if steering the van while sitting still makes the noise louder - that might be the steering pump/rack. don't force it at end of steering range.
Also check for pulleys that are bad or just a belt noise. Belt noises usually shut up for a while if you shut engine off, spray some WD-40 on the belt and if when started noise is gone get a new belt.
Other noises could be loose parts like air cleaner assy or exhaust heat shields sometimes even when this new. If a rattle or even a buzz it could be exhaust. Sometimes you can find those with engine off just tapping on pipes with a rubber hammer.
Are you still under warranty with this thing?
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