Chevy diesel questions and concerns
Not sure if this is the correct blog category but I'll start here. I bought my used 2011 Chevy Duramax/Allison tranny a year ago. Love it. It was the first diesel I had ever driven, and because of ...
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When towing my neighbor immediately pushes his jake brake button when he starts the engine and keeps it on all day.
My questions: Who is towing correctly? By keeping his jake break button activated all the time is his engine at any risk? Or are my brakes/transmission at a risk because of the way I rarely use my jake brake?
Your neighbor is a wise man.
Its a great feature for slowing down the truck when empty in city traffic or towing a heavy trailer. He won't hurt the diesel by leaving it on full time as the later model Dmax/A with the turbo brake keeps the torque converter clutch locked in all gears except 1st gear. Your turbo brake acts like a exhaust brake.
Your Dmax doesn't have a jake brake.
I have the Jacobs exhaust brake on my Cummins with the NV5600 manual tranny. I keep the brake on just about all the time especially in stop and go traffic when empty. With over 280k miles no problems from doing so.
Turn it on and enjoy its benefit......all the time (except wet/icy roads).
