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<p>Holding in the clutch pedal while idling also puts unnecessary
load on the thrust bearings.</p>
<p>Donald.<br/>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/12/22 12:46, John T. Blair wrote:<br/>
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<font size="3">At 10:15 AM 12/12/2022, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:eric@megageek.com">eric@megageek.com</a> wrote:<br/>
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></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">
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></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/>
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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/>
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