Check out my video here
http://66.219.59.147/nixpix/MVI_1532.AVI


Car was on stands, no wheel touching the ground. Car was idling and in neutral. Whats wierd is i can stop the tire, and it'll spin up again, but if i have it idling on the road, and push the clutch in and let it out the RPM's don't drop.


Thanks guys.

 

your link's not working.

maybe the clutch isn't fully disengaged...or your car is possesed.

 

It's called transfer of power through the tranny by viscous means. Even in neutral, the spinning of the tranny still conveys some power to the rest of the gears and some of the energy is moved out the back of the tranny to the drive wheels. This is not a new concept.

 

automatics do this too.

 

see, this is why i love forums. Xviper thanks a bunch!

 

But I still like this response the best:
When all else fails, blame it on the supernatural.

 

well my car is in the shop this morning(oil change and new battery), i asked them to take a look at it since when i explained it to them and they acted like my car was on fire. I showed them the video on my digi and they're like, thats cool....

"Uhh... yeah i'm pretty sure thats not normal. Hey bobby, come check this out. You ever see this before?"
me " "

 

They must be today's NEW generation of ACE techs.
I've witnessed this phenomenon since the first time I crawled under a car in the 60's. Also, if you have been involved in motorcycles, this is a well known trait. Put the bike in neutral and let it idle with the clutch out. Lift the back tire off the ground and watch it spin.

I suppose these people have "learned to talk BEE" but can't figure out how and why a vehicle's powertrain works.

 

When your transmission is in neutral and the clutch is engaged, the first motion shaft of the transmission is spinning normally at engine RPM and it in turn spins the laygear which contains all of your forward gears, which are disengaged while in neutral. Xviper is correct that there is some vicsous movement which is from the oil trying to spin the gears. With no resistance on the stands, the rear wheels will turn. This obviously does not happen on the ground due to resistance and lack of inertia.

 

Xviper is the man!

I picked up the car from the dealer last night and they fixed everything they were supposed to and when i asked about the wheel spin. They said, "Oh yeah thats normal for a s2k, its the all-wheel drive using the same mechanism as automatics".

Next stop, "find a new dealer". Anyway, at least the tech's didn't say that just the service manager.