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Voting closed: October 01, 2007, 07:44:11 pm
Quote from: "zurielshimon"Quote from: "tylor2000"You can push start an automatic....or at least you could with the transmissions I've known. The problem is you have to get the car over 20 or 30 miles an hour so the transmission fluid is spinning. If you are on top of a hill you can sometimes get the car to start. It's not good for the car as well. But neither is push starting a manual.Well, yeah, I suppose that's possible. The whole reason you can't normally push-start an automatic is because once the engine is turned off, fluid pressure is lost. If you can get up enough speed to build up pressure in the torque converter, it could cause the flywheel to turn. I have had an automatic to restart rolling down the highway simply by turning on the key and shifting back into drive from neutral. What I was doing in neutral rolling down the highway with the key off is none of your business. I think we have had this conversation before in the past... I'm starting to remember...I had this Dogde Omni(small car) that I used to push start all the time. I forget why I had to push start it all the time, but I remember purposely parking it on the top of a slight downhill grade just so I could push it to 25 mph and jump start it. Only someone like me would find a way to push start an automatic. Or fix a car with rope. Duck tape is very useful. :razz:
Quote from: "tylor2000"You can push start an automatic....or at least you could with the transmissions I've known. The problem is you have to get the car over 20 or 30 miles an hour so the transmission fluid is spinning. If you are on top of a hill you can sometimes get the car to start. It's not good for the car as well. But neither is push starting a manual.Well, yeah, I suppose that's possible. The whole reason you can't normally push-start an automatic is because once the engine is turned off, fluid pressure is lost. If you can get up enough speed to build up pressure in the torque converter, it could cause the flywheel to turn. I have had an automatic to restart rolling down the highway simply by turning on the key and shifting back into drive from neutral. What I was doing in neutral rolling down the highway with the key off is none of your business.
You can push start an automatic....or at least you could with the transmissions I've known. The problem is you have to get the car over 20 or 30 miles an hour so the transmission fluid is spinning. If you are on top of a hill you can sometimes get the car to start. It's not good for the car as well. But neither is push starting a manual.
Quote from: "tylor2000"Quote from: "zurielshimon"Quote from: "tylor2000"You can push start an automatic....or at least you could with the transmissions I've known. The problem is you have to get the car over 20 or 30 miles an hour so the transmission fluid is spinning. If you are on top of a hill you can sometimes get the car to start. It's not good for the car as well. But neither is push starting a manual.Well, yeah, I suppose that's possible. The whole reason you can't normally push-start an automatic is because once the engine is turned off, fluid pressure is lost. If you can get up enough speed to build up pressure in the torque converter, it could cause the flywheel to turn. I have had an automatic to restart rolling down the highway simply by turning on the key and shifting back into drive from neutral. What I was doing in neutral rolling down the highway with the key off is none of your business. I think we have had this conversation before in the past... I'm starting to remember...I had this Dogde Omni(small car) that I used to push start all the time. I forget why I had to push start it all the time, but I remember purposely parking it on the top of a slight downhill grade just so I could push it to 25 mph and jump start it. Only someone like me would find a way to push start an automatic. Or fix a car with rope. Duck tape is very useful. :razz:I'm going to grab my Buick this week and see if I can do this.....
Quote from: "zurielshimon"Quote from: "tylor2000"Quote from: "zurielshimon"Quote from: "tylor2000"You can push start an automatic....or at least you could with the transmissions I've known. The problem is you have to get the car over 20 or 30 miles an hour so the transmission fluid is spinning. If you are on top of a hill you can sometimes get the car to start. It's not good for the car as well. But neither is push starting a manual.Well, yeah, I suppose that's possible. The whole reason you can't normally push-start an automatic is because once the engine is turned off, fluid pressure is lost. If you can get up enough speed to build up pressure in the torque converter, it could cause the flywheel to turn. I have had an automatic to restart rolling down the highway simply by turning on the key and shifting back into drive from neutral. What I was doing in neutral rolling down the highway with the key off is none of your business. I think we have had this conversation before in the past... I'm starting to remember...I had this Dogde Omni(small car) that I used to push start all the time. I forget why I had to push start it all the time, but I remember purposely parking it on the top of a slight downhill grade just so I could push it to 25 mph and jump start it. Only someone like me would find a way to push start an automatic. Or fix a car with rope. Duck tape is very useful. :razz:I'm going to grab my Buick this week and see if I can do this.....As long as I'm not held responsible when it breaks. I think pressure builds up more efficiently with the flywheel, but on some cars it will do so enough to crank the engine over with the shaft. You don't need much...you are just spinning the engine, not driving the wheels. The problem with automatics is they are more delicate and if you try this it could break a spring...but i did it many times with no problems. Good luck.
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