[Shop-talk] Coast in Neutral -the next great debate

[Jim Franklin]

I can't see why it would harm anything. There is no oil pump that needs to turn, there is no load on the bearings so any mismatch in output shaft speed relative to input shaft speed should not affect them. I think you could go thousands of miles, given a long enough hill, as long as your foot wasn't on the clutch the whole time (which would wear out the throwout bearing if the engine was running). 

jim

> On Dec 12, 2022, at 10:15 AM, eric at 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. 
> 
> Any thoughts? 
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