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automatic car towing
is it true that you can`t tow an automatic car? if not, why is this?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.the gearbox depends on a pressurised lubrication system. towing turns the output half of the box, and the oil pump is driven off the input side. a seized gearbox happens shortly! manual gearboxes have a much more primitive splash lubrication system and therefore don't have this problem. on trucks, we disconnect either the propshaft or take out a halfshaft so as to isolate the gearbox altogether when towing.