Comments on: Fuel Economy Tip – Reduce Excess Weight

By: Your Furniture » Blog Archive » Ten Ways to Improve Your Car’s Gas Mileage

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:10:31 +0000

[...] takes more fuel to move something that’s heavier. Every 100 pounds of extra cargo in your vehicle lowers its fuel economy by 2%. 3. Check you air filter. A clogged air filter can cost you up to a 15% loss of fuel economy. Check [...]

By: Ten Ways to Improve Your Car’s Gas Mileage : EcoLocalizer

Ten Ways to Improve Your Car’s Gas Mileage : EcoLocalizer — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:02:51 +0000

[...] Get the junk out of your trunk! This one is a no-brainer. It takes more fuel to move something that’s heavier. Every 100 pounds of extra cargo in your vehicle lowers its fuel economy by 2%. [...]

By: CliffmonkeyCliff

CliffmonkeyCliff — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:02:23 +0000

When getting gas you shouldn’t, as a constant continue to fill 1/2 or 1/4 of the way as this causes many vehicles to prematurely wear the fuel pump. If your pump is in the tank, most are these days, you should fill up every time if possible, by doing this you will prolong the life of your pump. Just some food for thought, your pump in the long run will cost you more than the couple of gallons you might save by having less weight.

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How to Get Hybrid Gas Mileage in Your Regular Car at Daily Fuel Economy Tip — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:39:02 +0000

[...] Remove all excess weight from your vehicle. The rule of thumb is for every extra 100 pounds you carry in your car, you reduce its fuel economy by 2%. A good place to start is in the trunk of your car. Do you really need to carry your golf clubs around all the time? [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:41:00 +0000

For those of us who live in areas where temperatures swing wildly (especially in the winter), it’s worth noting that leaving your tank half-empty on a regular basis invites condensation to form in your gas tank, resulting in water in your fuel line. This can cause sub-par performance, engine damage, and a car that won’t run once the condensation gets too bad (ie, it’s trying to burn water).

By: Brian Carr

Brian Carr — Thu, 25 May 2006 03:25:00 +0000

You’re right, typically I do fill up my tank when I’m already out, but there have been times when I’ve forgotten to fill up and have had to make an additional tip. Oops!

By: penty

penty — Wed, 24 May 2006 05:02:00 +0000

sorry the above was me as well, forgot to add the name.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2006 05:01:00 +0000

some of your tips are helpful to me some aren’t. You’re still doing good stuff here regardless.

You said you’d make more trips to the gas station and that’d be just as wastful. Aren’t you filling up on the way somewhere.

Don’t tell me you make a separate trip, or go out of your way, to get gas. Seems to defeat the whole thing you have going here.

By: Brian Carr

Brian Carr — Sat, 20 May 2006 22:09:00 +0000

Thanks for the question/comment. To be honest, I just fill up my tank all the way each time. I figure with having to take extra tips to the gas station (meaning I’d have to use gas simply to put gas in) that the total savings between filling up and filling a quarter or half tank are pretty much a wash.

Thanks for your comments regarding the site, hopefully the tips are of use to you.

By: penty

penty — Sat, 20 May 2006 03:08:00 +0000

You mention weight. Do you only fill up to 1/2 or 1/4 a tank at the pump in order to save on fuel weight? I mean you shouldn’t waste gas to haul around other gas right?

1 gallon of gasoline equals 5.8 to 6.5 lbs. So if you fill up to a full tank (10 gallons) the avg weight of the tank is more than 60 something lbs concidering that you don’t go down to zero. Filling it up to only have full yeilds a avg fuel weight of 30 lbs. filling to only a quater tank yield a weight savings of 45+ lbs but then you run the risk of running out of gas.

That decrease in AVG weight of carried fuel is almost as much as the weight you saved cleaning out your car.

just an observation. You’re doing good work. fell free to use this in a blog later if you like.