How do you unlock your Torque Converter?
Thanks.
Michael Stepka
98 Sport CC 4x4 V6
with all the chrome accessories
http://www.genesisdj.com/truck.html
----- Original Message -----
From: SandMan <sandman@linkup.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 1999 4:14 AM
Subject: RE: DML: V6 power (mileage vs. V8) attn: Mike
> Hello every one, first post here.
>
> Sorry Mike, but...
> The V8 can get better mileage "in some circumstances" than the V6. I
> purchased a 92' Dak (3.9L, 4x4, CC, auto, LE trim) in Jan of 98'. Usually
> got 18-19mpg highway, but the smaller engine didn't have a lot of torque
to
> it to pull itself up hills & into head winds, so it would drop out of
> overdrive & unlock the torque converter, increasing the engine RPM from
> about 2k to about 3k. The higher RPM would burn more fuel than my new Dak
> does on the same hill & head wind since the 318 has enough torque to grunt
> through the wind. I live in North Dakota & was it ever windy today
> (30-35mph south wind gusting to 40+mph), on my way to work my new Dak
never
> downshifted once from overdrive or unlocked the torque converter, not even
> over hills into that head wind & the lowest mileage I saw (on the overhead
> counsel was 15mpg, about the same as I get with no wind on the same road.
It
> may not be good mileage, but it is consistent! My old 92' would have only
> pulled 13-14mpg in the same situation.
>
> Sorry for the long post. I mentioned my NEW Dak!!! Flame Red 99' Sport+,
> 318, FT-4x4, trailer tow package, Club Cab, Tire & Handling package.
> Purchases 1 month ago as of last Wednesday, 1100 miles so far. No mods,
> YET!!! any suggestions?
>
> ---original post---
> >Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 11:24:17 -0600
> >From: Mike Crumley <mcrumley@airmail.net>
> >Subject: Re: DML: V6 Power
>
> >At 12:48 PM 3/25/99 , you wrote:
>
> >
> >> -Didn't someone mention before that the 5.2 may
> >> actually get better gas mileage because it doesn't >>have to work quite
> as hard as the 3.9?
>
> >Seems like I remember someone advancing that theory, >but...I have yet to
> see a post from anyone with a V8 >who even gets the same much less better
> mileage that
> >the average V6. There's just no way that less work (if >and when it
> happens) can make up for the gas being >pumped into those two extra
> cylinders.
>
>
> >Mike Crumley 97 V6 Auto
>
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