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[Smart Car of America Forums] To start with, I'm mechanically incompetent (at least I know it). So I may be asking a really stupid question here.
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[Smart Car of America Forums] Flooring It = Engine Damage? - Smart Car of America Forums: The Envoy's manual says the similar and the mechanic that dropped the new engine in basically restated the Caliber's manual. But before I follow his advice with the Envoy (and rather not I should feel bad about doing so in the test smart), does full throttle acceleration cause engine damage?
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