hello I'm Jason with the honest finance Channel and today I want to talk to you
guys about five ways you can get better gas mileage in your car now obviously
the car you drive has everything to do with fuel economy like if you drive a
Prius you're gonna get better gas mileage than you do if you drive a truck
but these steps can be applicable to any car so follow them and you'll at least
get the best gas mileage that you can out of the car that you're driving the
first step to getting better gas mileage in your car is your tires so basically
when your tires roll they create resistance on the road therefore you've
got to have a few things taken care of on your tires to get the best fuel
economy on the road the first thing you got to make sure with your tires is that
they're balanced and they're aligned the problem is is that if you're trying to
drive straight but your wheels are turned
then you're gonna create a lot of resistance trying to go in that
direction but when your wheels are aligned then if you go straight
everything else is straight creating the least amount of resistance possible so
that's the first thing you've got to do with your tires is make sure they're
balanced and aligned the last thing you've got to pay attention to with your
tires is the inflation of your tires you've got to keep them properly
inflated to keep the least amount of resistance if you go driving and your
wheels are under inflated then you're gonna lose a lot of gas mileage because
you're creating more resistance a lot of guys will say to over inflate your tires
to get better fuel economy but I don't agree with that because it's unsafe and
your tires aren't gonna wear evenly just open your driver's side door and look
for the cold tire pressure it doesn't mean your tires have to be cold to get
this reading it just means that the car has to be sitting for a while
you can't just check the pressure right after you've driven on the road and
expect the tire pressure to be accurate wait a while for your tires to be cold
and then check the cold tire pressure I bought this tire pressure sensor on
the internet and it's really helpful it's digital and it's pretty accurate so
I would recommend something like this I'll put a link to it in the description
it's like 10 to 15 bucks I think anyway so with tires just keep them balanced
aligned and inflated the second way to get better gas mileage is your air
filter your engine requires air to breathe and air filters keep the air
clean that goes into the engine when your air filters clogged or
dirty it's a lot harder for the air to get through
therefore the engine has to work harder to produce the same results you're gonna
have to replace your air filter every 6 to 12 months anyways so I recommend
getting one of these reusable ones this is an AE M brand air filter which I
recommend because it doesn't require oil the cool thing about these is all you do
is rinse them out clean them up with the special cleaner and then put them back
in your car honestly I don't think a lot of us know
how to replace air filters and you really should learn how because it only
takes a couple minutes I'll quickly show you outside how to take it out and how
to put a new one in I'll put a link to it in the description see very hard
number three is our spark plugs your spark plugs typically need to be
replaced every thirty to a hundred thousand miles and the big deal with the
spark plugs is that if you don't replace them when you're supposed to you can
really hurt your engine and you'll get far worse fuel economy so just make sure
your spark plugs are properly maintained and you'll get the best gas mileage that
you can out of your car number four take out your extra stuff so if you've got a
bunch of junk in your trunk take it out if you don't need it on an average-sized
sedan you'll lose about two percent in gas
mileage for every hundred pounds of extra stuff that you have technically
your gas does weigh a lot but I still recommend to have your tank all the way
full and that's just because it's a good practice to be prepared but if you do
want your car to weigh less then less fuel means less weight and lastly the
grade of fuel you choose actually has a lot to do with your gas mileage your car
manufacturer has a recommended fuel grade inside the manual if the manual
says that your car requires 87 octane then just use 87 octane if you go down a
grade you are gonna be losing fuel economy and you're gonna have knocking
in your engine if it says that it will run better on premium gas but it's not
required then go ahead and use premium gas if you
really want to it's just your choice just remember the key differences
between required and recommended the big one with fuel consumption though is e85
ye eighty-five gas is made up of eighty-five percent ethanol and 15%
gasoline ethanol has about a third less energy than gasoline so when you do the
math on e85 you're actually losing about 25 percent of energy because of the
ethanol so you're always gonna get 25% less gas mileage using e85 here's the
thing though 85 tends to be a lot cheaper but it's
got to be at least 25 percent cheaper according to this math for it to
actually be worth it in your car and make sure that your car can actually use
e85 there's a lot of cars that can so make sure if you're going to be using
e85 gas that you check your owners manual and make sure that your car can
use it most cars can run up to ten percent ethanol but that's definitely
not 85 percent ethanol so make sure and those are the five steps to better fuel
economy just remember to keep your tires balanced aligned and properly inflate it
and make sure your air filter is nice and clean and your spark plugs are
well-maintained get rid of all the junk in your car and make sure that you're
using the right fuel grid and if you do decide to use e85 gas just make sure
that it's at least 25 percent cheaper so that it's worth it for the gas mileage
loss i'm jason with the honest finance channel if you did find this video
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