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Fuel Saving Tips And Solutions For Improved Vehicle Performance Part 6
By GARKO
In recent days, I have been dilligently investigating any workable solutions for getting lower gasoline consumption and I dug up an interesting correlation. The tips that actually work to reduce gasoline consumption also save you on extra work needing to be done on your vehicle brought on by bad driving habits.
If you are not spending $100s every year to maintain your vehicle under bumper to bumper warranty or you have a death wish streak which actually enjoys dragging your dysfunctional vehicle for repairs and being held up without a gun with unusual work needing to be done on your vehicle and having your auto sit for days at the shop while you take the subways and worry over it like a new daddy-to-be in a hospital waiting room then you might wish to apply these tips. Saving cash on fuel and on work needing to be done on your vehicle are cousins.
Consider what else you could do with the dollars that you are wasting on unusual vehicle problems . Take a vacation? Buy a better car? Install a home theater system? Certainly there are more optimum things you can do with your cash than an endless stream of repairs on your auto!
TIPS
Pump fuel when the weather is coolest - morning or evening. During these times, fuel is densest. Recognize that gasoline pumps measure volumes of fuel, not densities of gas concentration. You are charged based on the volume
Tighten up that gas cap. Gasoline will evaporate from your automobile's fuel tank and an untightened cap will only facilitate this process. So be sure to tighten up that gas cap every time you fuel up your automobile.
Keep your vehicle tuned up. Reparing a auto that is out of tune or has failed an emissions check can boost fuel mileage by approximately 4 percent which is not such a big deal really.. But you should watch out for worn spark plugs. A misfiring spark plug can lower
a auto's gasoline efficiency by as much as 30 percent.
Make sureyour air filter is clean. Check it regularly. When the air filter clogs with dirt, dust and insects, it causes your engine to exert more effort and your auto becomes less fuel efficient. Replacing a air filter that is clogged could reduce gasoline consumption by as much as ten percent. It makes sense to make sure to have your engine's air filter inspected whenever you change your oil.
Your car is just like your body. The better it breathes, the better it runs and uses less fuel. You wouldn't run a marathon wrapped in a blanket while trying to breathe through a bath towel caked with dirt and bugs would you?
Lastly, don't short cut on any engine maintenance. Be serious about engine care. Your auto's efficiency depends on it and your family's safety does too.
Many solutions are simply contradictory or wrong... I found several articles that say don't use your AC which is not very helpful if you live in Florida or it is 100 degrees in Manhattan! Then I found one article that recommends to keep your vehicle's windows open for city driving but to keep your AC on while on the parkways because if you have the windows open while driving above 55MPH adds drag which lessens fuel economy. Who's right? Who's wrong? Who autoes? Does it reduce gasoline consumption? No, probably not!
The best bona fide solution to reduce your gasoline consumption, with gasoline prices in the $3-4.50 range during the last year or so is to sever your umbilical cord... the one that connects you to the gasoline pump and get free from your chains of slavery to the oil companies and....
Convert to a hydrogen engine!
How would it be you never needed to pump another gallon of gasoline again?
Convert your gasoline engine to hydrogen.
If you do a partial (hybrid) conversion then you should see improved gasoline mileage of up to 30% maybe more.
If you do this and also add acetone to your gas tank (which will save you another 25% or so) then you will have reduced your gasoline consumption by a combined 50%! Put in about 2-3 ounces of acetone per 10 gallons of gasoline and less gasoline will evaporate and you reduce your gasoline consumption by 25% or more.
If you do a full gas to hydrogen conversion then you will never have to purchase another gallon of gasoline for the rest of your life. It is very simple to do, costs hardly anything, helps the environment and you will have the pleasure of knowing that you are conserving resources instead of using up more than your fair share. Activist, songwriter, consumer advocate and entrepreneurFor a list of current gasoline prices in your neighborhood email garko@startlingdiscoveries.info
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