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jonesdw
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
Location: oxfordshire
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Thanks for the tip on the photos - it's in my gallery now.
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 Tue Jun 03 2008 10:47am |
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Shrinky
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1066
 
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I am no expert here but apparently running an auto box in Neutral at high speed can result in damage to the torque converter. Global Warming.... I'm luvvin it. 
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| Tue Jun 03 2008 11:00am |
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jonesdw
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
Location: oxfordshire
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Blimey. That would indeed be a worry. But, as I said, using N has become my 'normal practice' over 15 years and hundreds of thousands of miles of driving autos from Ford, BMW, Audi, MB, LR, and it's never been a problem yet. And on this particular journey, the 'occasional' was so 'occasional' as to be statistically next to irrelevant. So....
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| Tue Jun 03 2008 2:27pm |
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BrumLee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: West Midlands
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Shrinky wrote:I am no expert here but apparently running an auto box in Neutral at high speed can result in damage to the torque converter.
Torque converter no, gearbox yes as most modern gearboxes both manual and auto have oil pumps driven by the front of the box. If you coast or tow at speed you will drive the gearbox from the rear and this will cause premature damage. Not seeing whether the ZF box fitted to the D3 has this setup I'd air on the side of caution and leave it in drive with foot off gas 
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| Tue Jun 03 2008 2:42pm |
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jonesdw
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
Location: oxfordshire
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The car had its 30K service 2 weeks ago, and yesterday, on the same journey using the same technique, I could only get 34 MPG...
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| Sun Jun 22 2008 4:33pm |
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DingMark
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Perth
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Just got 11.3 litres/100km (about 20 Mile/US Gallon) on my V8 on a 450km jaunt over the weekend. Didn't do anything different (even slightly lower fuel grade  ) byt it was pleasantly cool, about 10 deg C. Tyres were at 40/45 psi and drove at or below 100 km/hr. Strange but delighted. Jim Dowell
D3 '05 HSE V8 5 seater Gold, 19" MTRs, raised intake, 4x4Intel rear spare tyre, 110l aux fuel, 40l water, rooftop tent, Mitchell Bros hitch, ARB Front Bar, 9000kg winch, dual battery, matched offroad trailer, TyreDog press/temp sensors.
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| Mon Jun 23 2008 7:59am |
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