ALT-2 Ways to Increase your Trucks Gas Mileage
The change in global lifestyle has steered the direction of demand for fuel towards the north. This constantly rising price of the fuel has made many vehicle owners to think about saving money by making their vehicles more fuel efficient. The most worried lot is truck owners. Whose vehicles consume more fuel per mile compared to any other non commercial vehicles.It is the need of the hour that every truck owner or operator take steps to ensure that their trucks give optimal mileage per gallon of gas. The main focus should be on taking proper care and maintenance of the overall truck so that there is no loss of fuel effectiveness due to bad maintenance. There are some important areas in a truck that require special attention to increase the truck's gas mileage, these are mentioned below.The new syntactic motor oils provide better engine life, so checking and changing the engine oil at the prescribed time intervals is a very important maintenance note for better fuel economy. If the truck is older than this job is a must. This helps in reduces the friction between moving parts and removes the harmful deposits that are formed due to the fuel combustion. Then after this, one should look into the oil filter. Oil filter is the one which cleans the engine oil has the engine is running, so change of oil filter at every 5000 miles keeps the engine in good conduction.A properly maintained air filter will help in boosting the fuel efficiency of the truck. Air filter plays an important role in fuel combustion. Clean air is needed for a total combustion of the fuel in the combustion chamber. If the air filter is not cleaned at every 1000 miles, then the supply of air to the engine will not be smooth and this will cause a drop in the fuel economy. It is better to install a high performance air filter, which provides an increase in a fuel economy and needs less maintenance. By following the above tips for engine, one could have their truck mileage increase by 10%.
The most overlooked aspect is the gas tank cap of a truck. One must make sure to tighten the gas cap fully after gas refilling. Gasoline is a commodity which evaporates very fast and if proper care is not taken to fasten the gas tank cap tightly, then the fuel will evaporate, and this leads to the drop in mileage. So check the cap twice and save money by this simple tip.Inflate the tires with the recommended air pressure, so that the tires will not have the drag effect on the truck engine. This will also increase the engine life and helps in saving fuel.The most important aspect in saving fuel is the driving style. Keeping the engine idling at the stoplights is the common sight, and one should make it a habit to switch off the engine at these spots. Never try to accelerate the truck the movement it is started, move the vehicle by gently accelerate. Try not to slam on the brakes hard, unless the situation demands. Switching the truck to drive under cruise control mode is necessary to get more mileage.These are some of the important aspects, which one should look into to get better fuel economy from their trucks. Following these points can save a lot of money, which can be seen in a short span of time due to the current high fuel prices and which is constantly moving upwards.
