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Old 05-05-2022, 03:22 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by geeteezee View Post
I suppose this may be true depending on your speed, but I find it hard to believe that I'm burning more fuel coasting at 500 rpm in neutral than I am coasting in 6th at 2500 rpm over a kilometer.
the wheels are moving your engine when you are engine braking. Not the other way around.

when you switch to neutral the engine needs to burn fuel to keep up idle rpms so it doesn't stall.

which it doesn't need to do if the wheels are moving the engine while it's in gear.
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