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Old 09-24-2008, 05:55 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
You know, I'm not convinced that open loop indicates complete fuel shutdown. I thought I saw on the metro (with the mpguino ) that the injectors were still firing even when in overrun at a fairly high speed. I think I need to do some more tests on that...
Yes, I'm also very skeptical about that. The only difference I can tell between glide in D or N is that in N you can go a lot farther. Even if indeed the engine is using no gas in D glide I'm going to change to N just because of how much farther it glides. Seems like at least twice the distance!!!

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