I accidentally drove for 8 minutes in second gear instead of drive.?

Today I drove my car, which is an automatic, for about 8 minutes in 2nd gear instead of the regular drive gear. Could that have done some damage to the transmission? Thanks.

?2017-06-19T19:17:23Z

Depends more on how fast, if the engine wasn't whining like a banshee you should be OK.

?2017-06-16T00:16:02Z

you should be fine. Just dont do it again

?2017-06-15T18:57:34Z

You sure it wasn't just 6 minutes ?

thebax20062017-06-15T11:40:24Z

I doubt it. You did waste gas and blow the carbon out of the motor though.

G. Whilikers2017-06-15T08:14:44Z

All is not lost - you just have to drive the same distance in reverse to undo the damage.

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