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paulsm87
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Jun 06, 2013

Down shifting the transmission for braking assist

I have a question about the proper use of down shifting my transmission in my motor home I have a 2001 Jayco With the V-10 The question is; when driving and towing my Escape I will down shift my...
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ron_dittmer
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Jun 07, 2013
Fellows pnichols and carringb,

I don't raise RPMs anywhere near "Red-Line" on the tachometer going up inclines using the throttle.

It's when going down-hill. I get close to red-line when engine braking going down long decents in lower gears. I apply the brake before hitting red-line. If I didn't, the tachometer would be in the red zone.

Understand?

Yes I always use full synthetic 5W-20 motor oil....exclusively Mobil One since the second oil change.

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