Car Problems gives advice - how to solve a fuel economy problem in your car. To think of fuel economy it is necessary to begin even before purchase car. What to avoid unnecessary problems with fuel economy, it is necessary to think over in advance - for what problems you buy the car and to choose the model corresponding to your way of life.It is said that "on the tank to the next supermarket to go inconveniently".
Necessary to consider that each 500 kg of weight of the car manage in nearby 700 liters of fuel (at norm of run of 20 thousand in km in a year). It means that if your car weighs 1000 kg, you will burn for a year about 1400 liters of fuel if it weighs 1500 kg - 2100 liters.
Problem of high fuel consumption in yours car can create:
- Wrong resettings of the engine, wheels (+ 10 %);
- An underpressure in tires (+ 3 % on 0,5 kg/sm2 of pressure decrease);
- Superfluous cargo in the car (+ 2 % on each 50 kg of cargo);
- The engaged air conditioner (+ 10 %);
- Open windows at speed 50 km/hour there is more.
Also problems with increased use of fuel on your car can arise because of not correct control mode by the car. Frequent using brakes, sharp strong pressing an accelerator pedal, long work of the engine idling at warming up or car parking inevitably create a problem high fuel consumption.
Besides many failures of your car create a problem of the over-expenditure of fuel.
The failures causing the over-expenditure of fuel at cars with injection of fuel.
- Engine power is lowered for any reason.
- The gage of oxygen or its chain is faulty.
- It is faulty any of temperature detectors or their chain
- The engine doesn't get warm to a working temperature.
- The ignition advance system is faulty.
- The flow sensor of air or its chain is faulty.
- The gage of position of a throttle valve or its chain is faulty
- An afterdribble of any spray jet (more often spray jets cold start-up if it is).
- The air filter is choked up.
- A weak spark.
- The forced aspiration system is faulty.
- Labels of a drive gear of a gas distribution are incorrectly established.
- The pressure monitoring system in inlet a collector is faulty
- Wrong pressure of gasoline.
- Valve clearances aren't adjusted.
- Bad free to slide (for example because of the lowered wheels).
- The hydraulic clutch (at cars with "automatic machine") is faulty.
- Automatic transmission misoperation.
- Nespraven the leading bridge.
The failures causing the over-expenditure of fuel at diesel cars.
- Engine power is lowered.
- Spray jets are faulty.
- A lack of air submitted to an intake manifold.
- A wrong advancing of injection.
- The engine doesn't get warm to a working temperature.
- Misoperation of systems of drop of toxicity.
Remember - in time service, repair and car resetting, observance of service regulations will relieve you of problems with over-expenditure fuel and economy of money.
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