Belto

Take a look under the hood –

• If your air filter is dirty, you can lose 1 mile per gallon at 50 mph.
• If your PCV valve is not functioning properly, you’re running your engine less efficiently, and you maybe burning and polluting your oil, too.
• If your spark plugs are misfiring, the problem can cost you up to 25% in gas mileage.
• IF your ignition system is overdue for a tune-up, do it or have it done NOW.
• If the accessory belts that connect your fan, water pump, alternator, and a variety of other devices are too loose or too tight, a serious loss of efficiency can be the result.
• If a brake is poorly adjusted, it may “drag” while the vehicle is in motion.
• If you hear a rumbling sound, your wheel bearings may be worn and may need to be replaced.

Drive Eco- Logically –

• Arrange your car seat as comfortably as possible. Research has shown that a comfortable driving position helps you tread more lightly on the gas pedal, and a light foot on the gas pedal saves gas.
• Start an accelerated slowly and smoothly.
• Obey the speed limits, especially in city traffic.
• Try to stay in your lane.
• Set a steady pace.
• Build up speed slowly before you get to a hill.
• Try coasting down hills, using the weight of your vehicle and its momentum to carry you down, with your foot OFF the accelerator.
• Use Overdrive. Doing so can save you another 10% in fuel.
• If you have a manual transmission, shift into higher gears as soon as possible.

Fill ‘Er up Eco – Logically

• In hot weather, fill up in the early morning or evening, when the air is cooler. An increase of only 30 degrees can cause 10 gallons of gas to expand by as much as four-fifths of a quart – that’s as much as a bottle of whiskey!
• Never overfill the tank.

Keep your tires Properly Inflated

Use a Trailer Instead of a Roof Rack – Those light-looking roof racks are deceptive. They create quite a bit of drag, especially when fully loaded, and the ensuing wind resistance substantially interferes with the air flow around the car. As a matter of fact, a small trailer loaded with the same gear is probably not as big a liability because trailers travel in the “wake” of the car and meet with less air resistance. Of course, they weigh more, too, but once underway, they follow along easily if you don’t speed. Besides you always disconnect the trailer when you don’t need it, but you tend to carry the empty roof rack around even when you have no load to put on it.

This info is provided by my Auto Bible

finneys98xj

nice Info and that book fits you well!

Belto

thanx... that is the only book ive read since 7th grade and no im in 3rd year of college..lmao

elnino

high five!! haha...dude thats a great...but...i just got a DD so i will be posting pictures today ..and i wont be driving the white elephant....elephants do eat a lot thats why i called like that...and because is white..

Belto

you can use that in any car...

elnino

really?


haha cabron yo pense que era solo para cherokees......:naughty :

Belto

^^^ Lol

Belto

hope this helps people..

whowey

The fill up when cool thing does nothing for your actual fuel milage. Read what you posted VERY carefully. It says that filling up with hot gas causes the gas to expand. Just because fuel has expanded doesn't change the amount of gas or the potential energy that gas carries. Yes, you MIGHT get fooled into thinking that you are getting less fuel milage due to the needle dropping quicker on the dashboard. But in truth you never had that fuel to begin with.

And for a few years gas stations in the US have been required to be equipped with temperature differential pumps. These pumps sense the fuel density and meter accordingly. Areas that recieve REALLY cold temperature have LONG had these pumps as the effect works in reverse in severally cold temperatures.

Belto

whowey, I understand what your saying that part is not for fuel saving per say but for money saving if you pay $20 at the pump you want you 20 in fuel, not it hot expanded fuel that will be about $16 instead of 20.. and well its good to know that gas stations have those requierements but its never bad to know some extra info

EDIT: <<<< this is my perfect post 777

hubbazoot

Nice tips. If you don't know how to do an ignition tune up, here's a guide I wrote:
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/how-ignition-tune-up-6586/

CRoading

That was a pretty nice write up for saving fuels....
Everybody wanna save some fuels.... YEAH!

Mudhunter241

hey how about the cost of fuel around you guys(how much is it) Today driving to home depot it was 1.97 per gallon..Its almost free....haha not but getting better

hubbazoot

1.75/gal here, there's one station near my house where it's like 1.65

elementsquared

Ok, put this myth to bed:

If you fill up in the morning compared to the day, that temperature and time difference is not enough to make a change to the underground gas tank at the station.

Also, a good tip is, If you see a big tanking truck filling up your local gas station, DO NOT FILL UP. That gas truck is un-loading hundreds of gallons of gas, and underground that is mixing up the gas. Most stations have filters to catch any debries on the bottom on the tank, but if there are any other imperfections in the gas, you're pumps gonna suck it up.