

| Subject: | Re: Idling downhill? (Was: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?) |
| From: | Kai Mei |
| Date: | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:11:03 -0500 |
SWAG... neutral is much more gas efficent.. assuming you don't have to come to a full stop at the end of the hill. You'll roll faster in neutral and have more momentum for the uphill or level ground to follow. On Nov 28, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Geza Polony wrote: > Another question for the experts. If you're rolling downhill, which > is more > economical, assuming your TPS is working correctly: to put it in > neutral and > idle, or to leave it in gear with gravity revving the engine and > with your > foot OFF the throttle? In the second case, the ECU should be > running max. > lean, but does this still consume more than idling?
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