Can you blow up a motor by the revolutions being up to high driving down the road?

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Yes, every engine has a "red line." If there is an RPM guage, the redline is clearly marked by red numbers. If you redline it too much, you can tear it up. But under normal conditions, that shouldn't be occurring. About the only way to redline one is to be drag racing, or just revving it constatntly in nuetral, and most new cars have a "governor" built into the PCM that will not allow you to redline it.

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