While accelerating, my uncle says he skips 2nd and 4th gears. Will there be any damage to the vehicle if he continues to do so?
2006-08-02 05:15:40 · 21 answers · asked by Coo coo achoo 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It won't damage a thing. The engine and transmission don't care what gear you select as long as it's not lugging badly, or over reving.
Chevy Camaro's and Pontiac Trans Am's had skip shift as a standard feature for fuel economy and emissions reasons. They bypassed the middle gears if you were not stomping on the gas petal enough.
2006-08-02 05:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by rkfire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can skip gears when you shift. You just have to be careful about straining the engine. If you rev the engine up too much in one gear before you shift, you're making the engine work a lot harder without producing any more speed. If you shift too early or shift into a gear that's too low, the engine has to work harder just to turn the gears in the transmission. So if you want a car to last, don't skip gears -- use them all. That's what they're there for.
2006-08-02 12:23:48 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to my repair manual, skipping gears is not advised, after doing that over a long time you will have uneven ware on the gears. I use to start off in 2ND gear for a long time until I read that it would do this also it would lower my MPG. So I started to shift right from 1st all thee way though to 5th, I noticed that my shifting became smoother and I gained 2MPG. Remember the manufactures wouldn't had gone to the expense of putting all the gears for no reason.
2006-08-02 13:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by b.clayt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with RKFIRE, i owned a 1998 Chevy Camaro and it had the Skip shift feature, went from first gear to fourth gear when you shifted at a slow acceleration. As long as you are not over reving your engine or bogging it down when you are shifting into the higher number gear there is no problem. it is a good way to save on gas.
2006-08-02 13:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by quick6black 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I looked this up a long time ago.
It isn't good to skip the gears. It will wear them down and perhaps kill the transmission in the end. I do it sometimes... but only if I panic (it doesn't happen often).
It doesn't do a lot of damage at one time, but after doing it for so long I think you will start to notice that it isn't so easy to shift (not so smooth) and eventually your vehicle won't go anywhere because it is stuck in neutral.
Good luck with it.
2006-08-02 12:23:52 · answer #5 · answered by Sleeping Beauty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It all depends on your speed...for example it would cause a regardless damage to the 4th gear if you switch to it while yo don't have enough rpm...
Just to have a simple explanation it's ok to do it if you have enough speed to maintain it... Exactly the same as skipping the 2nd when you come to a stop after being on the 3rd gear...
You can contact me if you still don't get it...
2006-08-02 12:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by Diablous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as he has the engine at the correct RPM, there should not be a problem with the gears meshing properly. BUT, he probably over-revs the engine to do so. Not a good idea. OK for transmission, bad for engine.
2006-08-02 12:21:48 · answer #7 · answered by Smoothie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is called skip shifting. I've heard from some that it can damage the sychros but others have said it will do no harm. I've been told by Acura not to skip shift on my TL so I don't do it. Anyone else know the finer details?
2006-08-02 12:19:31 · answer #8 · answered by maxma327 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well my dad is a professional truck drive and doesn't use the clutch. he's never ruined a transmission. so i can only assume you can skip gears and be good to go.
2006-08-02 12:19:02 · answer #9 · answered by B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but you must be running plenty of RPM for the shift so you don't put extra torque back to the engine
2006-08-02 12:20:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋