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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>
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></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>
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</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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