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Keeping the Right Tire Pressure Can Save Lot of Fuel, Time and Money

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We give a lot of importance to the fact of buying the vehicle which consumes less fuel and covers the maximum distance. In this way, we even tend to buy an expensive vehicle or heavy equipment considering that you will save on fuel and thus will be able to adjust the money you have spent on buying the stuff. However, to your surprise, you will ultimately find that the vehicle is not giving the promised mileage and you do not know why. Well, the reasons many not be many if at all you have bought a brand new car. The most unchecked reason is not filling the right pressure in your tire. If you do not have the right pressure, it tends to take more power which in turn results in consuming more fuel.

It is said that more than half the population in US drive on underinflated tires. Many may not even know that underinflated tires are costing them money as it lowers the gas mileage by 0.3% by every 1 psi. It has been estimated by the “Department of Energy” that on an average 3.56 million gallons are wasted on a daily basis due to underinflated tires. This is a huge number of wastage especially when prices of gas are sky rising and the salary of an individual is almost stagnant. Moreover, people can’t so away with their vehicles as it have become a necessity for them.  Keeping the tires underinflated also results in replacing the tire much before it is required.

How underinflated tires are related with high consumption of fuel?

Have you ever imagined how tiring it must be for you to ride a bicycle with no air in it? You will begin panting and will perspire heavily after riding it for few meters. The same goes for an engine of a vehicle. In order to keep the wheel spinning, it requires more energy and the engine gets all its energy from the fuel. In other words, the engine starts consuming more fuel to keeps the wheel spinning at the designated speed.

What could be done to ensure that the tires are inflated?

In order to ensure that the tires of your vehicle are always inflated, you can buy an air pressure gauge. These air pressure gauges are very inexpensive and give precise readings. You only need to know the pressure needed in the tires of your vehicle which you can find in the vehicle info sticker and this is it. You can measure the air pressure using the gauge once every month and if you find it to be less; you can visit any of the nearest service/fuel station to get it inflated.

With ever increasing prices of fuel, it is very important to know all means by which you can save fuel and ultimately save money for yourself. Moreover, inflating the tires once a month won’t take too much of your time. You can definitely give a few minutes to save good sum of money.

Keep The Radiator Of Your Car or Heavy Equipment Clean To Ensure Smooth Functioning

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There are few fortunate’s who are born rich and can live the way they like even if it means not taking care of what they own. However, most of us work hard to fulfil the basic requirements of our lives and thereby we just can’t afford to let things go at face value. If we buy something, we also take ultimate care of our belongings. Be it a pen or a vehicle or even heavy equipment, we give maximum worth to our stuffs and ensure that we do everything possible to keep it in working state. As far as a vehicle is concerned, it comprises of many important parts which are required to keep it moving. Therefore, it is imperative to maintain the car at regular intervals and change parts which have gone obsolete.

If we talk about the most important part a vehicle has, it would presumably be the engine of the car. It’s probably the engine that takes the maximum pressure to keep the stuff moving and therefore, it is evident that it will heat up after moving for few miles. Well, this is where the radiator comes into picture and gives a sort of life support to the engine.

First, let us try to understand what makes the engine hot that it needs a radiator to cool it off. The engine is basically made up of many moving parts which create friction while they are moving. The friction in turn creates heat. In order to provide some lubrication to these moving parts, the engine oil is pumped in but that does not suffice from cooling the stuff and when it moves in great force, it is more likely to become boiling hot in no time. A mixture of water and anti-freeze elements is pumped in from the engine’s chambers which effectively reduces the heat of the engine and prevent it from spreading to other vital areas.

Once the coolant has done its job and leaves the engine blocks, it goes to the radiator via a large rubber hose. As the engine coolant moves through this, it throws off the heat from the walls of the radiator. The electrical fan absorbs the air from outside to get in through the radiator and further cools the engine coolant. The front of the radiator is also cooled off as and when the air from outside is gushed in through the grills while the car moves.

By this time, the engine coolant must be cool and should be ready to re-run the process all over again. The radiator coolant plays a mighty role during hot weather and any problem in it may have severe consequences on the overall vehicle. Therefore, things like hose must be checked so that if there happens to be any leakage it could be contained at the very first stance or else, it might heat up the engine to a very dangerous extent.

It is a wise man say: It’s better to be cautious than being sorry. Hence, take ultimate care of the radiator which is of so much importance to your vehicle.