XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 3/4/2022 14:06, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:45:37 -0500, Michael Trew   
   >   wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 3/3/2022 13:47, 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.   
   >>   
   >> It doesn't matter; it still involves too high of an RPM, which can cause   
   >> engine damage.   
   >>   
   >> I try not to habitually downshift for engine braking, but that depends   
   >> on the car.  If a car has a weak or failing braking system, I'm more   
   >> likely to downshift, but not anywhere near where the red line would be.   
   >>   Weak clutch, and you'd better be more generous with the brakes.   
   >   
   > The rentacar companies ought to give include a little primer on driving   
   > when they give you the car.  It wouldn't only have to be 5 or 10   
   > sentence.    The roads and the laws are a little different from the US.   
      
    From which country?  I live in the US, but all of my cars are old beaters.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)