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Burnt · 02-02-2010, 07:36 PM

I've been getting a little bolder about EOC, i recently started doing it on a couple good spots on the highway. What I normally do is get up to 60 (keeping my instant MPG >35-40), turn the engine off, coast (in neutral) down to about 52, and bump start into 5th gear

1) is this hurting my car? is there a better way to do it? should I not be doing EOC at those higher speeds?

2) I just read another thread about messing up an engine if doing EOC by shutting off the engine.....is this an issue with newer cars (ergo, my '09 cobalt?) I gathered that I should be letting the engine drop to idle before turning off the engine...is that enough?

02-02-2010, 07:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Burnt Gas Passer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 40 Burnt's Cobalt - '09 Chevy Cobalt LT XFE Team Chevy 90 day: 38.66 mpg (US) Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	EOC on the highway, some questions I've been getting a little bolder about EOC, i recently started doing it on a couple good spots on the highway. What I normally do is get up to 60 (keeping my instant MPG >35-40), turn the engine off, coast (in neutral) down to about 52, and bump start into 5th gear 1) is this hurting my car? is there a better way to do it? should I not be doing EOC at those higher speeds? 2) I just read another thread about messing up an engine if doing EOC by shutting off the engine.....is this an issue with newer cars (ergo, my '09 cobalt?) I gathered that I should be letting the engine drop to idle before turning off the engine...is that enough? __________________