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Originally Posted by Blacktree
My previous daily driver was a Jetta TDI with a 5-speed manual gearbox. I found that trying to invoke DFCO was a waste of time. But coasting in neutral had very good results. Part of that was because of the diesel engine; they can run super-lean at idle. And I could coast a lot further in neutral than I could in gear.
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When my maternal grandfather had a Brazilian S10 with the mechanically-governed MWM turbodiesel engine, he did neutral-coasting whenever possible with good results. It's been often pointed out as a rule-of-thumb that engines with EFI, including Diesels, wouldn't respond so well to it. DFCO is often pointed out as safer because of shorter braking distances anyway.