Fuel Economy 101: Increasing Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy 101: How to increase fuel mileage on gas and diesel vehicles.

Tune Up: Maintenance on all vehicles is very important. A simple tune up can reveal small issues that can have a big effect of your fuel economy. Clean air filters, good spark plugs and wires, clean fuel injectors and fuel filters can all affect your fuel economy. Inversely, keeping up on maintenance can increase your fuel economy significantly over your driving year. On diesel vehicles, clean fuel injectors can greatly increase your fuel economy. Most diesel injectors last 80,000-100,000 miles. If your injectors are that old or older, new or cleaned injectors may help you increase your diesel fuel economy. At USDieselparts.com we have a full service diesel fuel injection shop and can clean your existing injectors, reman your existing injectors or provide you with brand new diesel fuel injectors. Feel free to call us at 1-800-823-4444 to discuss your options.

Tire Pressure: Make sure your tire pressure meets factory specs. If your tire pressure is too low, it can decrease your fuel economy by up to 10%. This is a simple and free way to increase your vehicles fuel economy.

Chips/Tuners: Performance chips and tuners have become very effective at increasing both fuel economy and horsepower. In combination with better air flow via an air intake system and exhaust kit you can increase your fuel economy on both gas and diesel applications. On almost all diesel fuel applications, a chip or tuner is your best "bang for the buck" and is the first step to increasing your diesel fuel economy. We offer a wide variety of performance chips and tuners to meet your needs whether you are focusing on increase fuel economy or increasing your horsepower. In many instances both are increased. See all or chips and tuners here.

Air Intake Systems: Increasing air flow effectively lowers your engine temperature as well as aids in atomization of your fuel injection system. Lower engine temps results in your engine working less hard to achieve the same out put, thus increasing fuel economy. We carry many brands for almost any gas or diesel application. See our Air Intake section for details.

Performance Exhaust: Again, this is all about air flow which can increase your fuel economy. Air flow also helps lower your Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT's) which again, increase fuel economy as well as horse power. We have found that most gas applications can be significantly improved by simply changing the intake and exhaust. See all your performance exhaust options here.

Over the years we have dealt with increasing fuel economy for gas and diesel fuel vehicles. We are happy to share our knowledge with you! Call us at 1-800-823-4444 or email us at info@usdieselparts.com