How to drive efficiently an automatic transmission car?

[giansantos13]

I'm driving a lancer pizza na 4g15 ang engine, matic po.

ang alam ko po matipid dapat siya kasi 1.4 lang pero based sa test ko around 7-8km/liter ang FC niya. huhu.. sadness

list ko lang po concerns ko:
1. mabagal sa arangkada. parang nabubulunan sa umpisa, pero pagtagal tagal hindi na.
2. ang tagal po magpalit ng gears. kaya ang bagal tuloy kahiya sa mga nasa likod ko, lalo na sa paahon naku po
3. ok lang po ba magpalit ng gear kahit moving forward na yung car?
4. pano po ba machecheck ng tama yung level ng ATF?

grabe any insights po will be greatly appreciated. Godbless po! I have learned so much sa mga threads. lahat po nakatulong sa akin!

[ninetyperz]

1. light lang ang tapak sa accelerator
2. maintain your speed not over 2000 rpm
3. pag malapit na sa stoplight bawasan na apak sa accelerator then slow lang ang pag brake
4. wag kang magmadali at makipagkarera, believe me, magkikita din kayo sa stoplight

[ghosthunter]

You can try doing this mod:

DIY: Fuel Economy Gauge
http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75735

[john5]

i'm light footed pero minsan 6km/l ang worst ko and 12km/l ang best ko sa honda jazz 1.5 ko.tama lang ba yun?

[Daison77]

Question : What does the + and - signs stand for? When should I use any of these? If ever ngayon lang ako makakagamit ng AT na may + and - na sign. Na isip ko lang when im driving on D, can i shift the lever gear to + or - while the car is moving as for example, i got to overtake a vehicle (BTW does + mean 1st gear and - mean 2nd gear ?).... hehehe long time driver ng manual but gusto ko lumipat sa AT na auto naman. thanks

[desert fox]

Question : What does the + and - signs stand for? When should I use any of these? If ever ngayon lang ako makakagamit ng AT na may + and - na sign. Na isip ko lang when im driving on D, can i shift the lever gear to + or - while the car is moving as for example, i got to overtake a vehicle (BTW does + mean 1st gear and - mean 2nd gear ?).... hehehe long time driver ng manual but gusto ko lumipat sa AT na auto naman. thanks

- meaning lower gear
+ higher gear

kung di sportronic ang gearbox mo Over Drive ibig sabihin nyan(-/+)....

gamit yan kung halimbawa may karga ka, o di kaya paahon at di kaya ng D.

sa pag-overtake, sa D lang pero tapakan mo ng husto ang silinyador ayon sa gusto mo...pero kung malamya ang tapak, di masyado aarangkada ang sasakyan....

[desert fox]

question lang..

may connection ba talaga yung aircon sa fuel consumption?hindi ba sa battery kumukuha ng power ang aircon?

at least 5%load to the engine....

[ghosthunter]

Question : What does the + and - signs stand for? When should I use any of these? If ever ngayon lang ako makakagamit ng AT na may + and - na sign. Na isip ko lang when im driving on D, can i shift the lever gear to + or - while the car is moving as for example, i got to overtake a vehicle (BTW does + mean 1st gear and - mean 2nd gear ?).... hehehe long time driver ng manual but gusto ko lumipat sa AT na auto naman. thanks

The - and + mode of the A/T is the manual shift mode where you can choose the gear you prefer to use. The advantage is you can stay in gear which makes the car more responsive to throttle input during a maneuver.

The "-" shifts down to lower gears while the "+" shifts up the gears. So assuming you just shifted from D to manual mode, you can see your current gear which might be "3" as displayed in your dash-screen. Pulling your shifter to "-" once will shift to "2". Pulling once more to "-" will shift to "1". SHifting to "+" will give you higher gears.

[desert fox]

The - and + mode of the A/T is the manual shift mode where you can choose the gear you prefer to use. The advantage is you can stay in gear which makes the car more responsive to throttle input during a maneuver.

The "-" shifts down to lower gears while the "+" shifts up the gears. So assuming you just shifted from D to manual mode, you can see your current gear which might be "3" as displayed in your dash-screen. Pulling your shifter to "-" once will shift to "2". Pulling once more to "-" will shift to "1". SHifting to "+" will give you higher gears.

+1 . sa makabagong gearbox ay ganyan....just like mine...

[empoyoyot]

Mine is Kia Sedona A/T, and i only have "HOLD" option no O/D. does this HOLD same as O/D.
I hope there is someone knows the use of "HOLD" option.

Thanks in advance!

[marcusl]

Slightly off topic but I noticed when at a stoplight is that the A/T Fluid temperature drops (cools down) quickly when put on Park. I was monitoring temps on a computer one time and saw temp drop several degrees while at a stop light. Temp never changed (or even went up) when put in Neutral. Probably due to torque converter being locked in Park reducing fluid friction? This was on a car with external tranny oil cooler. On cars where oil cooler was built into the radiator, temps could only go down near radiator coolant base temp. High temps and cooked tranny fluids are biggest killer of A/T's.

So now when I am stopped at a light in hot traffic, I put A/T on Park. Short stop ... Neutral. Both lessen load on the A/T and hopefully improve FC and life of tranny.

[galaero]

mga sir, change topic ng konti.. pero syempre about A/T pa din.
may tanong sana ako about sa habit kong switching into Neutral on the following instances:
a. papa-stop sa upcoming traffic or sa red traffic light.
b. coasting downhill or going down in flyovers.
c. turning right/left on intersections specially kapag sa masisikip na side-streets.
d. dadaan sa humps or sa lubak.

Q1: tama lang ba ang habit kong ito? or may mali or risk ba sa sasakyan?
Q2: may risk ba na given i am already running (slow or fast), then magshshift ako from Neutral to Drive? (need ko kasi mag-accelerate ulit)

[jut703]

mga sir, change topic ng konti.. pero syempre about A/T pa din.
may tanong sana ako about sa habit kong switching into Neutral on the following instances:
a. papa-stop sa upcoming traffic or sa red traffic light.
b. coasting downhill or going down in flyovers.
c. turning right/left on intersections specially kapag sa masisikip na side-streets.
d. dadaan sa humps or sa lubak.

Q1: tama lang ba ang habit kong ito? or may mali or risk ba sa sasakyan?
Q2: may risk ba na given i am already running (slow or fast), then magshshift ako from Neutral to Drive? (need ko kasi mag-accelerate ulit)

Just keep it in D in all of those situations.

[valacirca]

^ Keeping the car in D is more fuel efficient that putting it in N?

[marktams86]

syempre hindi... nakaka pud2x yun nang brake pads... it's better to shift to N when on a full stop kapag nasa traffic light...

[valacirca]

^ Sir, ano po ang effect ng pag-pudpod ng brake pads sa fuel efficiency?

[renzo_d10]

Di magandang habit yan. Di naman manual yan eh, lagay mo lang sa N pag nakahinto ka sa traffic. Never put in P while in traffic

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[valacirca]

errrr.... ulitin ko lang yung questions:

- Is keeping the car in D more fuel efficient that putting it in N? Sabi kasi ni jut703: "Just keep it in D in all of those situations."

- Ano po ang effect ng pag-pudpod ng brake pads sa fuel efficiency? After ko kasi itanong yang tanong sa taas, sabi ni marktams86: "syempre hindi... nakaka pud2x yun nang brake pads..."

Alam ko na nakaka-pudpod ng brake pads kapag hindi ka nag-N + handbrake habang naka-stop... pero hindi ko gets kung ano yung kinalaman nito sa fuel efficiency.

[carwhacko]

Ako pag stoplight and traffic i always put in N


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[marktams86]

errrr.... ulitin ko lang yung questions:

- Is keeping the car in D more fuel efficient that putting it in N? Sabi kasi ni jut703: "Just keep it in D in all of those situations."

- Ano po ang effect ng pag-pudpod ng brake pads sa fuel efficiency? After ko kasi itanong yang tanong sa taas, sabi ni marktams86: "syempre hindi... nakaka pud2x yun nang brake pads..."

Alam ko na nakaka-pudpod ng brake pads kapag hindi ka nag-N + handbrake habang naka-stop... pero hindi ko gets kung ano yung kinalaman nito sa fuel efficiency.

wala naman... added info lang sana... hehehe... syempre di lang fuel efficiency iisipin mo when you are using an AT... anyway, just put it in neutral when at full stop or when stuck in heavy traffic...