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At 10:15 AM 12/12/2022, eric@megageek.com wrote:
>I'm putting this out to the group to get some opinions from the
real experts here.
>
>If you put a manually car or truck in neutral and release the
clutch while going down long
>hills or coming to a stop at a intersection, are you doing any damage?
>
>I'm not worried about fuel savings, just is coasting in neutral
with the clutch release.
Moose,
As long as you release the clutch, I can't see where you're doing any
harm. Most
manual Xmissions are splash lubericated so it's getting the proper
amound of lub
for the speed. The engine is getting it's required lub as it is NOT
connected to the
xmission.
That said, especially going down hill, I don't think it's a good
idea. And I've been
told that in a lot of states it's illegal to coast in neutral to
lights, etc. The reason
being is you don't necessarily have "positive" control over the
vechile. I've done
it many times, and needed to set on the gas and forgot that it was out of gear.
Luckily, as the rpms increased and the speed didn't I realized what
was wrong and
took my foot off the gas. But if I had really needed to stomp the
gas, I would
have been in trouble.
But when I've slowed down conciderably, I do quite often put the car
in neutral and
release the clutch and coast into the light.
One other point. Speaking of releasing the clutch, when you pull up
to a traffic light
or have to stop for any reason, you should put the xmission in
neutral, let out the
clutch. Keeping the clutch depress puts wear on the throwout
bearing and cause
a premature failure.
John
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<font size=3>At 10:15 AM 12/12/2022, eric@megageek.com wrote:<br><br>
></font><font size=2>I'm putting this out to the group to get some
opinions from the real experts here.</font><font size=3> <br>
><br>
></font><font size=2>If you put a manually car or truck in neutral and
release the clutch while going down long <br>
</font><font size=3>></font><font size=2>hills or coming to a stop at
a intersection, are you doing any damage?</font><font size=3> <br>
><br>
></font><font size=2>I'm not worried about fuel savings, just is
coasting in neutral with the clutch release.</font><font size=3>
<br><br>
</font><font size=2>Moose</font><font size=3>,<br><br>
As long as you release the clutch, I can't see where you're doing any
harm. Most<br>
manual Xmissions are splash lubericated so it's getting the proper amound
of lub<br>
for the speed. The engine is getting it's required lub as it is NOT
connected to the<br>
xmission.<br><br>
That said, especially going down hill, I don't think it's a good
idea. And I've been <br>
told that in a lot of states it's illegal to coast in neutral to lights,
etc. The reason<br>
being is you don't necessarily have "positive" control over the
vechile. I've done<br>
it many times, and needed to set on the gas and forgot that it was out of
gear.<br>
Luckily, as the rpms increased and the speed didn't I realized what was
wrong and<br>
took my foot off the gas. But if I had really needed to stomp the
gas, I would <br>
have been in trouble. <br><br>
But when I've slowed down conciderably, I do quite often put the car in
neutral and<br>
release the clutch and coast into the light.<br><br>
One other point. Speaking of releasing the clutch, when you pull up
to a traffic light<br>
or have to stop for any reason, you should put the xmission in neutral,
let out the<br>
clutch. Keeping the clutch depress puts wear on the throwout
bearing and cause<br>
a premature failure.<br><br>
John<br><br>
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