question about aamco suggestion for trannie

flatfoot · **Joined:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:28 pm **Posts:** 9

I went to the aamco site, to check it out, because of the thread on fluid changes for life of car. No information on that.
But, I looked at a section they had on tips for keeping your transmission healthy, and one thing they suggest, that when you come to a stop in traffic, to shift your automatic to neutral.
Now, unless its a prolonged stop, such as a bridge gate going up, and I either switch to park, or shut the vehicle down completely, I dont shift to neutral, unless its a real hot day, and I got my ac on.
Do you put your automatic into neutral, for every red light, for every stop in traffic? It does seem a little bit of an extreme, with the modern autos we have today.
Plus I feel, that the constant shifting of an auto, from neutral to drive will probably do more harm, then good in the long run.

Much regards Flatfoot

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:21 pm

I don't know how much harm it would do, but I keep my foot on the brake when stopped unless it's a train, then I usually put it in park.

Eddo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1214

Well I put her in park if I know its going to be a while. One of those 3 minute red lights or stuck by a train. But I don't do it at every red light.

dirtykj · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:55 pm

flatfoot wrote:

Do you put your automatic into neutral, for every red light, for every stop in traffic? It does seem a little bit of an extreme, with the modern autos we have today.

With the number of traffic lights we have around here, I'm afraid I'll wear out my transmission shifter in no time if I put it into neutral every time. :-)r

It's meant to slip, why not let it do what it was designed to do?

LimitedLurker · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:18 pm **Posts:** 114

In drivers ed I was taught to not put an auto in neutral. At a stop light if you are rear ended chances are good your foot will come off the break and then you're a free wheeling projectile.

Eddo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1214

LimitedLurker wrote:

In drivers ed I was taught to not put an auto in neutral. At a stop light if you are rear ended chances are good your foot will come off the break and then you're a free wheeling projectile.

Interesting, what are you suppose to do with a manual? I know everyone doesn't sit there with the clutch in and in gear.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:44 pm

I guess you would have to pull up on your E-brake. Never thought about the rear ending when I had a manual Toyota pickup.

Cacher123 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:10 pm

Hmmmm... Standing still and rearended with brake on in neutral. Foot slips off u go forward thus dispersing some of the energy. Vs standing still, not moving forward and absorbing all the inertia. I think I'd rather burn off some of that energy in forward motion!

(provided of course there's no one in front of you!)

4wdParakeet · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:35 am

Okay now if I get hit in the rear at a stop light and I have it in drive and your foot comes off the brake you not only have the forces from the car hitting you but you are still in gear and therefore the engine is also pulling you forward. I don't think it's enough to do any more damage but just something to think about.

Parakeet

WV(0)IIIIIII(0) · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:01 am

I think that if you are stuck in traffic to the point where all you can do is idle forward, then when you are sitting still I would shift into neutral. I would not shut down for the reason that you have fluid sitting in the tranny cooler and the fan does not have a chance to do its job if you don't let it. When I go off road and have to do alot of hills or slow crawling I always try and put it in neutral when we stop.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:41 am

Just remember, if you are first at the intersection and someone hits you from behind, you will get thrown into the intersection and could be T-boned on the driver's side. Not a good thing. In neutral, you will move quicker and more easily into the intersection where in gear, the engine will slow you down.

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