engine braking effect

This allows the spreading of the engine braking effect to all four wheels and tyres.

With diesel engines however, there is no intrinsic engine braking effect so more care must be taken.

This, like second, can be used during the winter season, for towing, or for downhill driving to increase the engine braking effect.

As they do not maintain a throttle vacuum, they are not subjected to the same engine braking effects.

Turbo-diesel engines, on the other hand, generally have a more noticeable engine braking effect due to the turbo stalling when the accelerator is released and increasing the back-pressure in the exhaust.

In more modern TCUs this input is also used to determine whether to downshift the transmission to increase engine braking effect if the transmission detects that the vehicle is going downhill.