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Old 11-17-2008, 11:48 PM   #13 (permalink)
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If the whole driveline is turning, unless you have an electric fuel pump, then yes, the tranny's pump is turning, thus, pumping.

One thing that anyone with an automatic tranny can do is to go to a dealer w/ the VIN of your car, and find out if it was equipped with a "tow-behind" package. If it was, you can coast, engine off, in neutral, and not damage anything.

The odds of this are highly unlikely, but you may be lucky.

Other than that, yes, if the crankshaft is turning, as a general rule, so is the tranny pump.

BTW, If you have a dead battery, coasting at 25 mph will start your engine in an automatic car... just like pop-starting a manual. (Except certain models, as is the case with all automatic "quirks")
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