Hey there
please illd like to know if i may be harming my engine.....to save gas anytime i get to a stop sign or a red light i put the car in Neutral (take note this is an auto tranny). I do it good and believe me it saves a lot of my gas..almost 20% more....weird uhhnn
but i would like to know if i am harming my engine by doing so..so thanks
2007-09-06 09:00:18 · 6 answers · asked by wiib4mii 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
alrite, i guess i used a ussr calculator..lol...that calculator was my head...i just assume..it was a lot though...and is there any calculator one can really use?
2007-09-06 09:25:07 · update #1
No you can't, as long as you allow the transmission to get fully in gear before hitting the gas so you don't slam the transmission. I don't think it will save you that much gas (half a mpg at most).
2007-09-06 09:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by Todd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No harm done to the engine, some more wear to the transmission though. When you are stopped on modern cars the fuel injection goes into idle mode, no more or less fuel is being injected whether you are in neutral or drive, in neutral the engine will idle slightly faster because you reduced the load of the torque converter.
2007-09-06 16:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by cimra 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not recommend doing that you will wear out the linkage and the fluids are not circulating through the tranny like they are designed to if you have been driving in a gear the moving parts in the tranny accumulate heat and the fluid circulating through the clutch packs is the only way the tranny has to stay cool when it's in neutral the fluid only circulates in the torque converter. I would not do that if I were you.
2007-09-06 16:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by Big Deall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not wrecking your car. I have to do this in humid weather because my car is carbureted and I constantly have to give it gas when I first start up. But a 20% savings in fuel? Check to make sure your calculator wasn't build by the USSR--your calulations are waay off.
2007-09-06 16:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by graffiti62 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No harm done, but as far as the 20% savings that is not true, retake your measurements
2007-09-06 16:11:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no your not hurting your engine any but you are putting extra wear on your tranny and at $1,500 to $2,000 to replace it how much gas are you really saving?
2007-09-06 19:26:10 · answer #6 · answered by mister ss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋