Gas Mileage Increase Tip - Spark Plug Performance

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Gas Mileage Increase Tip - Spark Plug Performance

Crude prices appear to be setting in place at the all time high levels. With this, gasoline has become a pretty premium commodity. The price of gasoline appears to be set for a long time at record high levels and many commuters are left trying to find the most efficient ways to increase mileage. To start saving money at the fuel pump, consider this cheap tip to change your spark plugs.

To start, lets discuss the basics of how the engine creates power. Small amounts of gas and air are introduced into the piston chamber. The piston then moves to compress and pressurize this mixture. Your spark plug then transfers a tiny spark of electricity into the chamber, combusting the gasoline and air.

After this spark is introduced, the mixture "explodes" and the resulting expanded gaseous state is the power used to operate your vehicle. During normal operation, an engine will repeat this process thousands of times every minute (thus - the term RPM's , or Revolutions Per Minute). Each cylinder in your engine produces this exact same process over and over again - for example if your car has a V-6 engine, there are 6 chambers doing this at the same time.

The action of creating the supercharged gas through the spark the best transfer possible can increase mileage. If the spark plug is losing some of its output before it reaches the compressed gas and air mixture, the resulting combustion will not have as much power available for use. A spark plug can lose it's power through seals not being tight and corrosion of the spark tips. A new spark plus with platinum tips will result in a much higher transfer rate, reducing the amount of cycles needed to extract the same amount of power. This increases mileage by using less fuel.

Using a high performance spark plug will make your engine operate better. In general, you can expect a 3% increase in mileage by using a high quality spark plug. The rate of return is very quick, as spark plugs cost about the same as one gallon of fuel at today's prices.

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