Tips Part 3 : Things you should know (i-charge fuel saving)

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Park your car under the shades
Avoid parking your vehicle under direct sunlight because of high insulation. Open the doors to let in cooler air to ventilate your car interior. Avoid driving under hot condition because the air conditioning system will take a much longer time to release cool air flow and this will cause higher fuel consumption.

Do not neglect your vehicle maintenance
Maintenance should be carried out after every 5000 or 10000 kilometres. Periodical checks on the depot, oil filter, transmission fluid, batteries, tyres, CV joints and etc. will help you to maintain optimum condition for your vehicle. Tyre pressure should be checked for the correct pressure as a properly inflated tyre can give your vehicle a 3.3 percent extra mileage. Under-inflated tyres consume more fuel; periodical pressure checks will not only give you extra driving protection but also better fuel management because every cubic pressure is equal to 0.4 percent increase in fuel consumption. But caution should be taken too as to not over-inflate the tyres. As over-inflated tyres would swell pressure inside the tyre and the heat could cause tyre leakage and breakage.

Cleaning the spark plugs
Carbon would build up in the engine and around the spark plugs area significantly during idling position in traffic jams. This built up deposits would lower combustion efficiency, thus will make the engine use more fuel to start or ignite. Clean spark plugs would ignite and burn fuel correctly in the initial ignition and helps to avoid wastage of precious fuel.

Use less electrical appliances
All air conditioning, headlights, alarm system, stroboscope and etc. draw energy from the car generator which in turn draws energy from the engine that burns fuel! So, any other electrical appliances like charger, LCD monitor, shaver, expanded alarm or sound system would burden the generator. When more energy is needed, the generator would extract more pressure to timing belts to produce more energy and this will certainly increase fuel consumption.

Don’t burden vehicle with unnecessary weight
Don’t burden your vehicle with heavy objects that don’t belong in it. Things such as a heavy toolbox, metals, scraps and etc. should be taken out. Every 40 – 50 kilograms of excess weight is equal to carrying another passenger. This will in turn translate into 2 – 3 percent higher fuel consumption.

Over modification won’t save fuel!
There are a lot vehicle modification shops who advise vehicle owners to change the catalyst converter. However, this kind of modification would only pressure the exhaust pipe to deliver more power; some oversized exhaust system would need more fuel for this purpose. It is really a waste of money and fuel and is unnecessary!

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