Getting the best gas mileage from your car helps your budget, but it also means that your car’s engine is operating as well as the manufacturer designed it to work. Typically better gas mileage is good news. Here’s what Brown Automotive Repair wants you to know about getting better gas mileage.
Get Consistent Oil Changes
You probably know that your car needs oil changes, but you might not realize just how important they are. Engine oil ensures that your car’s engine is clean, cool, and that the working parts inside are lubricated. If you’re not getting your car’s oil changed according to the schedule laid out by your owner’s manual, you might want to reconsider.
Get Your Wheels Aligned
Wheel maintenance is also more important than most car owners realize. That’s because when your wheels are out of alignment, the tires don’t meet the road the way they’re designed to. That causes the engine to work harder to move the car, and that in turn means burning gas inefficiently.
Make Sure the Tires Have Proper Air Pressure
Like with the wheel alignment, having the right air pressure in the tires is going to make a big difference. Air pressure changes more often than you might realize. And even if your TPMS light isn’t on, the pressure could be higher or lower than it should be. Again, this causes the engine to work too hard and the gas mileage ends up being off.
Watch Your Driving Habits
And your driving habits have a say in all this, too. If you’re someone who tends to speed a lot, stop shorter than you should, and generally you cause the engine to work hard to do your bidding, that’s creating gas mileage issues. Adjusting your driving habits even a little bit helps your engine and therefore your car’s gas mileage.
Look at What You’re Carrying Around
Do you carry a lot of stuff around in your trunk? A lot of people do and if that stuff is both unnecessary and heavy, it’s putting strain on your car’s engine. Anything that puts strain on the engine means that the car ends up burning fuel inefficiently and you see that at the pump.
Brown Automotive Repair in Trussville, AL can help you to figure out what’s causing your car to have worse gas mileage than you expect. We’ll thoroughly examine your car and let you know what we find out.