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Why You Should Never Tow Your Car With The Wheels Down by perfectbuy(m): 6:02pm On Sep 29, 2019
Many tow trucks make the mistake of towing cars with the wheels down on the road rolling along with the truck. This is a bad idea especially with the drive wheels of an automatic transmission car. Towing it with the drive wheels down signals to the car that the transmission is being “run.” The problem with that is that it’s being run without proper lubrication. That’s because when the engine isn’t running, the torque converter doesn’t pump pressurized fluid through the transmission. It’s like running the engine without an oil pump, and the results can be just as ugly leading to damage to the transmission.

Please follow the link below to read more:
https://www.spotdem.com/2019/09/29/why-you-should-never-tow-your-car-with-the-wheels-down/

Re: Why You Should Never Tow Your Car With The Wheels Down by AshipaEk0: 6:30pm On Sep 29, 2019
Where you wan come see truck wey go carry your broken down motor for naija na.

You no even see the dead barely moving iron dem dey use do tow truck for here?

Something wey be say na fellow car we dey use pull motor sef, na when so solution dey sight we dey use tow trych

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Re: Why You Should Never Tow Your Car With The Wheels Down by carcruise001: 7:19pm On Sep 29, 2019
perfectbuy:
Many tow trucks make the mistake of towing cars with the wheels down on the road rolling along with the truck. This is a bad idea especially with the drive wheels of an automatic transmission car. Towing it with the drive wheels down signals to the car that the transmission is being “run.” The problem with that is that it’s being run without proper lubrication. That’s because when the engine isn’t running, the torque converter doesn’t pump pressurized fluid through the transmission. It’s like running the engine without an oil pump, and the results can be just as ugly leading to damage to the transmission.

Please follow the link below to read more:
https://www.spotdem.com/2019/09/29/why-you-should-never-tow-your-car-with-the-wheels-down/

That is true, this towing guys needs more enlightenment.
Re: Why You Should Never Tow Your Car With The Wheels Down by perfectbuy(m): 3:26pm On Oct 05, 2019
True and I agree

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