10 Tips for Saving Fuel This Summer

Number 1- Check you tire pressure. Properly inflated tires can give you better gas mileage and makes your car perform how it should. If you haven't checked your tire pressure, this is the first thing you should check. Tires that are not at the right pressure are dangerous and can easily explode causing an accident. Next time your filling up, save yourself some money and be safe, check your tire pressure.

Number 2- Change your oil. Dirty oil can reduce your engine's life and also costs you fuel efficiency. Pay the ten to fifteen dollars every 3,000 miles for someone to change your oil. Or better yet, do it yourself and it`ll cost you only about two to three dollars and enjoy the savings next time you fill up your tank.

Number 3- Remove some weight from your ride. You don`t need to carry your life belongings with you in your car. Remove anything you have floating around in there and stash it somewhere inside your garage. For every hundred pounds of weight you remove, this includes your friends, you save two percent of your gas. So trim some pounds, and watch your gas last just a little bit longer this week.

Number 4- Check your O2 sensor. If your O2 sensor is faulty, chances are your car is using more fuel than it has too. Checking your O2 sensor could save you big bucks if it's bad. Save yourself the trouble of losing gas mileage and check it out.

Number 5- Get your wheels aligned. Having your wheels aligned allows your car to roll properly. An improper alignment causes more drag and friction on your tires and causes the engine to work harder to spin them. The harder the engine is working, the more fuel you are using, costing you money.

Number 6- Use the proper octane fuel- The owners manual should tell you what kind of fuel your engine prefers, so make sure to feed it the proper type. Higher horsepower cars generally require more fuel and higher octane. If you are still driving around in your Honda, take advantage of the gas mileage by using the proper fuel octane. Higher octane fuel won't make your engine perform any better, in fact it can sometimes do damage. Do what's right for your engine, use the octane it wants.

Number 7- Change your spark plugs. Dirty spark plugs can cause your engine all kinds of problems. Sputtering and a rough idle are among the most common. A misfiring engine is an unhappy engine, so do yourself and your beloved car a favor, change these plugs if their dirty.

Number 8- Clean your fuel injectors. These are the pieces of your engine that supply the fuel. If your injectors are dirty they can not properly provide your engine with the right amount of fuel per cycle causing smoking and fuel loss. Cleaning these isn't easy, but the hassle it could save you down the line is worth the effort.

Number 9- Change your air filter. A dirty filter doesn't allow your engine to breathe properly and this will cost you at the pump. A dirty filter doesn't allow it to breathe, and air is very important to your engine. Change your old filter to a new one and get better mileage, up to ten percent.

Number 10- Your not a race car driver, don't drive like one- Heavy accelerating surges fuel into your engine and costs you money. Some cars are better than others, but generally, keeping your foot off the accelerator at least half of the time will save you big bucks at the pump.