Monday, May 28, 2007

30 Ways to Help Save on Gas usage

ENGINE WARM-UP
1. Avoid prolonged warming up of engine, even on cold mornings - 30 to 45 seconds is plenty of time.
2. Be sure the automatic choke is disengaged after engine warm up... chokes often get stuck, resulting in bad gas/air mixture.
3. Don't start and stop engine needlessly. Idling your engine for one minute consumes the gas amount equivalent to when you start the engine.
4. Avoid "reving" the engine, especially just before you switch the engine off; this wastes fuel needlessly and washes oil down from the inside cylinder walls, owing to loss of oil pressure.
5. Eliminate jack-rabbit starts. Accelerate slowly when starting from dead stop. Don't push pedal down more than 1/4 of the total foot travel. This allows carburetor to function at peak efficiency.

http://www.howtoadvice.com/savinggas

Above is just the 1st 5 ways to cut down on fuel use and that will put more money in your back pocket. The rest of the tips can be seen at Ernest Miles Web site. Every little saving adds to to that grand saving you are able to 'erk' out of your vehicle. (Ethoskiwi)

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