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

[Donald H Locker]

Holding in the clutch pedal while idling also puts unnecessary load on the thrust bearings.

Donald.

On 12/12/22 12:46, John T. Blair wrote:

> At 10:15 AM 12/12/2022, 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.
>
> 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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