Top 10 Efficient Driving Tips
Wednesday July 2, 2008
There are lots of things you can do every day to keep your car or truck at maximum efficiency. One of the most important and significant is keeping up with regular maintenance. There's no substitute for a perfectly running engine. There was a lot of thought put into your engine's efficiency, but it's up to you to live the dream. These days, taking the mileage that's thrown at you isn't enough. We want to tweak our mileage to the extreme. You've already triple-checked your tire pressure for optimum MPGs, but are you driving for maximum mileage? Your driving habits can burn a lot of extra fuel, leaving you with an actual gas mileage figure that's less than the manufacturer's reported data! They may have tested the cars with a 90-pound driver and a strong tail wind, but the numbers are real, and if you're not getting them, you need to take a look at your behind-the-wheel behavior.
Nobody has a sharper eye on fuel economy than the dedicated gas-misers at About.com's Hybrids and Alt Fuels site. If you're ready to take your gas sipping to new lows, check out Scott's Thrifty Drive for 10 great ways to improve your gas mileage. Every little bit helps!
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DAIGNOIS STATES NUMBER 2 MISFIRING. ON A 2004 NISSAN SENTRA/1.8 ENG. RESULTS, I CHANGED THE EGNITION COIL AND THE SPARK PLUG, BUT SERVICE ENG LIGHT CAME BACK ON. CHECK FOR THE CODE AGAIN, AND IT STATED THAT NUMBER 2 MISFIRING. KEEP IN MIND THAT I ALSO TWISTED THE GAS CAP TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP. SO MY QUESTION IS. WHAT ELSE COULD BE CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER CHANGING THE PARTS SPECIFIED?
Replace the Ignition Wiring Harness. That is the spark plug wires between the distributor and the plugs. If one has gone bad the others are likely to be on their way.
The 2004 Sentra has no plug wires per se, it has an ignition module for each spark plug. I’ve never heard of that wiring going bad, but I guess it’s always a possibility.
Hydrogen generators do not work with gasoline
powered cars. The O2 sensors cool down when
steam from units reach the sensors putting in
a closed loop, this is like driving with the
choke on. They work O.K. with DIESEL, since
they do not have O2 sensors.