why should you not tow a car with a auto if it breaks down? :nuts:

Which car is atuo? :confused:

automatic not manual why shouldnt you tow a automatic?

because u should drive past and laugh.

Courtesy of Google...oh and this site http://www.mvria.nsw.gov.au/motorists/mot_sel_trans.htm ;) I think it explains it pretty well.


Automatic Towing - Bottoms Up!
When automatic cars are towed after a breakdown, they should have the drive wheels lifted, which could be front or rear.

Automatic vehicle owners should understand why their cars must be towed with their drive wheels off the ground to prevent further damage. The Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Authority says that unlike manual gearboxes, which are lubricated by the gears splashing around in the gear box oil, automatics are lubricated by a pump something like an engine.

The lubricant, or transmission fluid is in a sump under the transmission and is directed to the bearings and gears by a pump. In many cases this pump is driven from the engine end so if the engine is not going then lubricant will not be circulating.

If the vehicle is towed the output gears and bearings will be driven by the wheels and without lubrication this could cause considerable damage. When towing a rear wheel drive automatic vehicle more than a couple of kilometres, the rear end will have to be lifted or the tailshaft will have to be disconnected from the differential.

This is one reason why tow truck operators will lift the rear of a vehicle when the front is damaged - so the rear wheels do not drive the automatic. Front wheel drive automatics present a problem as they do not have a tailshaft and generally always have to be front end or all-up lifted.

what if its a 4wd auto? lol then ur ****ed!!

what if its a 4wd auto? lol then ur ****ed!!
flat bed truck :P

flat bed truck :P


Apparently this is what they have to do with the AWD Magnas when they need towing.

that is correct the pump is driven from the converter so if you were to tow the diff gears would not be lubricated = dammaged diff in fwd or auto bearings run dry

why did you start a thread and ask a question you already knew the answer to? :nuts:

giving people something to read about and other people learn from it

:confused: You can pay me for my time then lol

No, I must admit I wasn't 100% sure, so I was curious to find out myself.

*hugs google*

:confused: You can pay me for my time then lol

No, I must admit I wasn't 100% sure, so I was curious to find out myself.

*hugs google*
what u mean? :confused:

what u mean? :confused:
The first bit was a small joke albeit obviously not humourous lol (please don't ask me to explain it ;) )

But I didn't know the answer to your question fully myself, so it was a good opportunity to look the answer to your question up and post what I found here... I hope you saw my reply on the first page! ha ha

Oh and I used google to find the answer... which I tend to do a lot. that wonderous intarweb :)

Don't stress

why did you start a thread and ask a question you already knew the answer to? :nuts:
I think he is trying a rehtorical question. ( hope thats the right word for the context)

Well, **** i knew it was bad to tow an auto but now i know why :)

The first bit was a small joke albeit obviously not humourous lol (please don't ask me to explain it ;) )

But I didn't know the answer to your question fully myself, so it was a good opportunity to look the answer to your question up and post what I found here... I hope you saw my reply on the first page! ha ha

Oh and I used google to find the answer... which I tend to do a lot. that wonderous intarweb :)

Don't stress

I wish google was in my head then i can go to who wants to be a million air, sale of the century and go go stop and win all kinds of **** :D

/random

o sorry about the confusion i dont mean to make you look for the answer just to see if people know the answers me being a motor mechanic not sure what people know and what they dont i bet there is a lot of people that didnt know that you shouldnt to a auto and i bet that a lot of people dont know why, so i hope that the readers are learning these little things :D :D :D

You didn't 'make' me do anything, I chose to do it ;)

I was also curious as Gav towed his car to my place recently but was concerned about doing it given it was an automatic. He knew he could only tow it over a short distance and my place was closer than his.

the only car you can do this to is a dirty old val i think it was the ap5 or ap6 it had a oil pump on the converter side and on the tale shaft side:P

the only car you can do this to is a dirty old val i think it was the ap5 or ap6 it had a oil pump on the converter side and on the tale shaft side:P

Hmm right, and you asked because you knew, :nuts:

There are a lot of things I can say to you but no insult would worthy of your stupidity

Hmm right, and you asked because you knew, :nuts:

There are a lot of things I can say to you but no insult would worthy of your stupidity

Here here! The member Magnus sounds very sure of himself in posts..! Needs to work on the grammer a bit more too

typical mechanic cant spell failed english but was pulling motors apart when i was 9 o and im a lefty so my understanding of motor cars and physics makes up for my crappy grammer :cool:

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