XPost: alt.home.repair
From: am@yellowjersey.org
On 3/3/2022 2:49 PM, Bob F wrote:
> On 3/3/2022 12:03 PM, micky wrote:
>> In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 3 Mar 2022 12:47:28 -0600,
>> Paul in Houston
>> TX wrote:
>>
>>> micky wrote:
>>>> Is red-lining worse, better, or the same when the engine
>>>> is driving the
>>>> wheels as when the wheels are driving the engine?
>>>>
>>>> I use the engine to slow down when going down hill, and
>>>> today, for
>>>> example, I put the ATransmission into 2nd and then
>>>> engine went briefly
>>>> to 5500, the apparent red line. For several seconds
>>>> was at 5000 and
>>>> even longer at 4500.
>>>
>>> I did that exiting the freeway in my last Toyota.
>>> It sucked a valve into the combustion chamber and broke a
>>> piston rod
>>> destroying the engine. I gave it away to a needy person
>>> who installed a
>>> used engine and ended up with a nice car.
>>
>> So you're suggesting I shouldn't do it?
>>
>> Unless your freeway was going very steeply down hill, I
>> would think you
>> came close to the redline even less time than I have!!
>>
>> This is a 2021 or 2022 Citroen C-3. A rental with only
>> 9000 miles on
>> it, so it must be new. I think I bought the insurance,
>> but regardless,
>> I don't want to hurt the car. mAYBE I shouldnt go lower
>> than 3rd gear
>> and rely on the brakes for anything more.
>
> A motorcycle shop owner heard me downshift to slow as I
> approached his lot, and immediately told me that breaks were
> a lot cheaper to replace than engine and clutch.
+1
My engine builder says that too.
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