This morning I got into a drag race with a Jeep, this race has been weeks in the making.. The jeep driver uses the bus lane to cut in front of the line.
We never went over 40mph but it was more a 0-40 race from an intersection. I don't push my car hard and today I felt it necessary to beat this guy. I've not seen my tachometer reach 5000 rpms because I have an automatic and the car shifts when it wants to, but today it revved all the way up to 5500 rpms while in 2nd gear. As soon as I took my foot off the accelerator the engine stalled out at 40mph. All my dash lights came on and I pulled to the side of the road. Once pulled over I restarted the engine and it hiccupped and died. Tried again, it ran rough for a few moments and now is running fine again.
My question is: what did I do to my car? Lol. why did it stall after being pushed hard?
New fuel pump within the last 10 months and a full fuel tank.
Thanks! Mike