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Re: Towing an 86 4kq

To: gene@insti.physics.sunysb.edu (Eugene Tyurin)
Subject: Re: Towing an 86 4kq
From: Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 07:51:24 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net (Quattro List)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.91.961016170908.25993A@insti> from "Eugene Tyurin" at Oct 16, 96 05:14:08 pm
Reply-To: duane@zk3.dec.com
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

Hairy green toads from Mars made Eugene Tyurin say:

> I'm not sure what the differences are between manual and automatic 
> transmission design, but the manual for my old a/t car says that you cannot 
> tow it in neutral for a long time -- a/t is going to overheat and go boom.
> Anybody knows why?

Automatic transmissions use the spinning of the power shaft to
circulate the fluid, which lubricates the gears. If the output
gears are forcibly spun a lot without any of the fluid circulation,
they get no lubrication and will do bad things.

-- 

Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation		(603)-881-1294
110 Spit Brook Road
M/S ZKO3-3/U14
Nashua, NH    03062-2698

Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's too heavy to care.

References:
- Re: Towing an 86 4kq
  - From: Eugene Tyurin <gene@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>

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