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Old 02-25-2006, 12:52 AM
iove iove is offline
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Default Re: Braking and maximizing charge

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Originally Posted by gonavy
Neutral keeps the engine at idle fuel consumption; coasting with the foot off shuts off the injectors. You don't coast as far in gear but are effectively using zero fuel.
How does that work? How can the car shut off its injectors? If the fuel injectors quit injecting fuel wouldn't the engine die? If that were the case, wouldn't the rpms drop to zero. When I coast downhill with foot off and no cruise control, the rpm are still around 1500rpm...maybe i'm missing something.

Last edited by iove : 02-25-2006 at 01:00 AM.
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