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Originally Posted by darcane
Welcome! I'm also in the Greater Seattle area.
Engine Off Coasting (EOC) is a widely used technique on this site. You are doing something unusual though... your car has an automatic tranny. The majority of automatic transmissions will be damaged by coasting with the engine off because lubrication to the transmission is powered by a pump run off the input shaft. Turn the engine off and you lose lubrication.
Have you verified that your transmission is OK to be flat-towed?
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I appreciate knowing this term, EOC. To be clear, before I turn off my ignition, I move my automatic transmission selector from 'D' to 'N'--so I coast in neutral. Do I still need to be concerned about transmission lubrication if I coast in neutral with the engine off? Thank for your reply, Darcane (or others).