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rev up your engines, today I’m going to show you how to get better gas mileage in
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your car, now I’ve been a mechanic for the last 50 years and believe me, I’ve
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seen every scam known to man that promises better gas mileage, you don’t
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want to fall for any of those, for instance there’s one that was called the
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tornadoes, this asian company was selling it
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they claimed, you stick this in the air filter and it would make the air go like a
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tornado vortex and get better gas mileage, total nonsense, the things don’t
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work, now lately some guys have been making videos on this HHO scam, where you
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get electrolysis and you make the water turn into hydrogen and your car burns
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the hydrogen, but that’s a scam too, because you use more energy and
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electricity to break the bonds between hydrogen and oxygen than you ever get
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burning the hydrogen, it’s just a silly thing that people are making multi-level
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marketing companies and ripping you off selling these kits, I’ve even had guys in
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the past, claimed that if you put these magnets on your fuel line it makes the
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molecules line up and they burn better, of course that’s total nonsense
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too, years ago a guy gave me one of those kits, he said Scott you’re such a great
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mechanic, you got to see this invention you get better gas mileage,
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well I tested it out and I said, it’s nonsense it doesn’t work, then he said I
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was an idiot and I didn’t know what I was talking about,
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he sure changed his opinion on me when I told him the truth, but there are real
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things you can do to get the best gas mileage, first make sure you got a clean air
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filter, realize for every gallon of gasoline that your car burns, it also
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burns about 1100 cubic feet of air, if you don’t have free-flowing air, you’re
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going to use more fuel with less air, so just make sure you got a good clean air
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filter, then make sure you’re using the right oil for your car, it generally
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says right on the top of the engine, in this case it says use 5w30 energy
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conserving oil, and in many newer cars, it’ll say use zero w 10 oil that’s a
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full synthetic oil that’s very light, because the lighter, the oil the less
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friction inside the engine, the better gas mileage you’re going to use, and remember
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to change your oil frequently, because dirty oil, guess what it has more friction,
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you’re going to get worse gas mileage because there’s more friction with dirty
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oil, and if you use a full synthetic oil, like this dirty old bottle and I found
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lying under some leaves in my yard I forgot about, realize they do flow better
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and I’ve had customers switch from regular synthetic oil and they will get
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slightly better gas mileage, now the next thing is air pressure in your tires, you
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want to have the correct air pressure or you’ll get too much rolling resistance
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and get worst gas mileage, and realize if you’re really a fanatic about gas
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mileage, there are tire companies out there that make special tires that have
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less rolling resistance, you will actually get a little bit better gas
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mileage, you can check it out it’s not made up, they have tread designs so they
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have a little bit less friction and they get better gas mileage, and since the
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more weight you have, the worse your gas mileage, make sure you got a relatively
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empty trunk that doesn’t have a bunch of heavy stuff in it, the more weight you
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carry, the worse your gas mileage, so basically remove all the excess weight
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in your car that you don’t need, unless you’re going on a trip and you’re
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carrying a bunch of stuff sure, but for everyday driving keep your car pretty
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empty, and perhaps the best tip is drive conservatively, my grandfather had a
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customer years ago before they were computers in cars and he said, you tuned
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up my car but it’s getting horrible gas mileage, what you do wrong, so my
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grandfather the mechanic said, okay let’s go for a ride, so he went for a ride with
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the guy, he’d slam on the brakes at the stop light, step on the gas and tear off
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when he was taking off, and my grandfather said, you’re lucky you’re
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getting the gas mileage you do, the way you drive like a maniac, conservative driving
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patterns are the biggest thing for gas mileage, that’s why when you’re on a highway
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going 60 miles an hour, you get the best gas mileage, because the car is conservative
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it’s going at a lower rpm, it’s not shift and up and down, you’re not stepping on
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the gas, stepping on the brake, and here’s an odd fact that I found out years ago
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if you’re driving on the highway you actually aren’t going to get worst gas
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mileage turning off your air conditioner to cool yourself down, because rolling down
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your windows actually creates more wind resistance and you’re going to get a little
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bit worse gas mileage with the windows rolled down to cool yourself down, then you are with
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the windows rolled up with the air-conditioning turned on, so now you
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know what you can really do to get better gas mileage in your car, so it will
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last as long as it possibly can, and you spent the least amount possible on fuel
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so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos, remember to
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ring that Bell!