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ac7ss · 10-18-2008, 10:30 PM

I am starting to wonder about wear on the clutch from going in and out of gear (or starting the engine back up from EOC).

Of course, my truck has 260,000 miles on the original clutch.

The truck uses about 0.55 gph in idle, so steady state neutral coasting is about 130mpg. There is a portion of the interstate that I can EOC and maintain speed. It knocks up the MPG for the trip up by about a full digit. I do like seeing the 99999 on my MPGuino though.

10-18-2008, 10:30 PM	#17 (permalink)
ac7ss EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Olympia, wa Posts: 96 Red Beast - '82 Honda V45 Sabre Vetter Fairing 90 day: 39.38 mpg (US) The Wife's bike - '82 Honda CM450E Red 90 day: 57.22 mpg (US) Yellow Submarine - '04 Dodge Neon SXT 90 day: 28.71 mpg (US) Thanks: 6 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I am starting to wonder about wear on the clutch from going in and out of gear (or starting the engine back up from EOC). Of course, my truck has 260,000 miles on the original clutch. The truck uses about 0.55 gph in idle, so steady state neutral coasting is about 130mpg. There is a portion of the interstate that I can EOC and maintain speed. It knocks up the MPG for the trip up by about a full digit. I do like seeing the 99999 on my MPGuino though. __________________ Last edited by ac7ss; 10-18-2008 at 10:41 PM..