Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Interesting topic. My question is how does leaving the transmission in neutral load the engine?
Oh, sorry, I meant that leaving the transmission in neutral avoids loading the engine. I suspect this is preferable to loading the engine by engaging the transmission and actually driving around, because Shannow was saying that "load" moves us away from hydrodynamic lubrication — where we want to be — towards boundary lubrication — where we don't want to be.
So my method of speed-without-load should keep us towards the rightmost/happiest side of the graph until the system reaches nominal operating parameters. (e.g. temperature, viscosity, etc.) But all of this assumes I understood what Shannow actually meant by "load."
Interesting topic. My question is how does leaving the transmission in neutral load the engine?
Oh, sorry, I meant that leaving the transmission in neutral avoids loading the engine. I suspect this is preferable to loading the engine by engaging the transmission and actually driving around, because Shannow was saying that "load" moves us away from hydrodynamic lubrication — where we want to be — towards boundary lubrication — where we don't want to be.
So my method of speed-without-load should keep us towards the rightmost/happiest side of the graph until the system reaches nominal operating parameters. (e.g. temperature, viscosity, etc.) But all of this assumes I understood what Shannow actually meant by "load."