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Thread: O/D OFF consumed more gas??

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07-08-2007, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by touringcamry

In doing so, you prevent the transmission from going into 4th gear (overdrive) and you prevent the torque converter from locking up. This will require more fuel because the engine has to spin at higher RPMs and the torque converter not locking up will waste energy.

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