Comments on: Do you save more gas in a higher gear or a lower gear? http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/ Money Saving Gas Tips Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Saving gas http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Saving gas Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:49:39 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-17 To be truthful, the amount of gas you save depends on how hard the engine is working. If you drive uphill it will take longer for you do get momentum and the engin burns more gas in pushing you forward. if the engine doesn't transfer any energy into momentum then the engine will work more efficiently. If you drive seventy miles an hour in top gear you are not working the engine, but just maintaining the workload. If you drive fast in a low gear, you are only going to damage the engine and transmission because of the heat and friction building up in the transmission. Auto-matic engines use a pre-determined amount of fuel to drive in each gear. It may effect the miles on a tank-full but not the fuel-efficiency. A specific car engine is going to burn the same amount of fuel over an hour no matter how far you go. The car makers just let a car run until it runs out of gas. They use the hours it ran, average 60 miles per hour and then do math to get how mailes miles per gallon you will get. If a car runs for 4 hours and then quits, and it has a 10 gallon tank and you assume you went 60 miles each hour (240 miles) and divide that by 10 (24 miles to the gallon) then that is the optimal range - give or take 4 or 5 miles to the gallon. When you turn a car on and off, the fuel used to prime the engine gets burned faster and the fuel in the engine may evaporate (wasting some fuel), in stop and go traffic, your car will be on for the same amount of time on a tank, but the miles per gallon are going to depend on slowing and stopping and turning the engine on and off. My Saturn is an automatic, when I drive in the city I get about 290 miles to the tankfull (11 gallon tank), when I drive non-stop through NC I get 410 miles to the tank-full. I all depends on how you drive. To be truthful, the amount of gas you save depends on how hard the engine is working. If you drive uphill it will take longer for you do get momentum and the engin burns more gas in pushing you forward. if the engine doesn’t transfer any energy into momentum then the engine will work more efficiently. If you drive seventy miles an hour in top gear you are not working the engine, but just maintaining the workload. If you drive fast in a low gear, you are only going to damage the engine and transmission because of the heat and friction building up in the transmission. Auto-matic engines use a pre-determined amount of fuel to drive in each gear. It may effect the miles on a tank-full but not the fuel-efficiency. A specific car engine is going to burn the same amount of fuel over an hour no matter how far you go. The car makers just let a car run until it runs out of gas. They use the hours it ran, average 60 miles per hour and then do math to get how mailes miles per gallon you will get. If a car runs for 4 hours and then quits, and it has a 10 gallon tank and you assume you went 60 miles each hour (240 miles) and divide that by 10 (24 miles to the gallon) then that is the optimal range – give or take 4 or 5 miles to the gallon. When you turn a car on and off, the fuel used to prime the engine gets burned faster and the fuel in the engine may evaporate (wasting some fuel), in stop and go traffic, your car will be on for the same amount of time on a tank, but the miles per gallon are going to depend on slowing and stopping and turning the engine on and off. My Saturn is an automatic, when I drive in the city I get about 290 miles to the tankfull (11 gallon tank), when I drive non-stop through NC I get 410 miles to the tank-full. I all depends on how you drive.

]]> By: Biodiesel http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Biodiesel Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:50:29 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-16 Manual transmission - most effective gas saving measure is predicting red lights, stop and go traffic and go into neutral thus coasting and rolling - as free as you CAN get. Rpm's defiantly play a role in fuel consumption. RPM - stands for Revolution Per Minute right? I need fuel to produce a revolution - thee fore the less RPM' the less fuel. Manual transmission – most effective gas saving measure is predicting red lights, stop and go traffic and go into neutral thus coasting and rolling – as free as you CAN get. Rpm’s defiantly play a role in fuel consumption. RPM – stands for Revolution Per Minute right? I need fuel to produce a revolution – thee fore the less RPM’ the less fuel.

]]> By: Fuel Economy http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Fuel Economy Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:14:38 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-15 Best gas mileage is obtained in the highest gear that the car will run smoothly at and the lowest RPM. Example 45mph 1500 RPM 5th gear Optimum performance and optimum gas mileage are opposites. Take of slowly, get into high gear quickly cruise below speed limit. Best gas mileage is obtained in the highest gear that the car will run smoothly at and the lowest RPM.

Example 45mph 1500 RPM 5th gear

Optimum performance and optimum gas mileage are opposites.
Take of slowly, get into high gear quickly cruise below speed limit.

]]> By: Hybrid Cars http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Hybrid Cars Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:16:32 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-14 The lower the rpms the less gas it is burning, so you are better off in a higher gear. HOWEVER, not too high because that puts a strain on your engine, any savings on gas would be more than eaten up by blowing your engine out. By not having an automatic transmission to run you are saving energy right there. It is against the law to take your car out of gear and coast downhill or coast to a stopsign or stoplight, it subtracts from your ability to control the car. The lower the rpms the less gas it is burning, so you are better off in a higher gear. HOWEVER, not too high because that puts a strain on your engine, any savings on gas would be more than eaten up by blowing your engine out. By not having an automatic transmission to run you are saving energy right there. It is against the law to take your car out of gear and coast downhill or coast to a stopsign or stoplight, it subtracts from your ability to control the car.

]]> By: Hybrid Cars http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Hybrid Cars Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:17:22 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-13 allways remember that the higher gear you are on you consume more gas as more power is required. if you are on the 4th gear which is the last gear, you burn less gas. ideal speed in City is 60 KMPH and highway is 120 KMPH. to save gas. do not keep your clutch pressed continuoesly as it will spoil your clutch plates. release it after you have changed your gear. allways remember that the higher gear you are on you consume more gas as more power is required. if you are on the 4th gear which is the last gear, you burn less gas. ideal speed in City is 60 KMPH and highway is 120 KMPH. to save gas. do not keep your clutch pressed continuoesly as it will spoil your clutch plates. release it after you have changed your gear.

]]> By: Hybrid Cars http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Hybrid Cars Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:08:05 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-12 Higher gear is more efficient. I noticed a drop in my gas consumption after I made an effort to coast a lot more with my clutch all the way in. Higher gear is more efficient. I noticed a drop in my gas consumption after I made an effort to coast a lot more with my clutch all the way in.

]]> By: Hybrid Cars http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Hybrid Cars Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:41:36 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-11 Accelerate briskly to about 4000 RPM and shift to the next gear. You get the best mileage in the highest gear at the lowest RPM. On a five speed fifth gear is usually overdrive and allows you to operate the car at about 2000 RPM. Accelerate briskly to about 4000 RPM and shift to the next gear. You get the best mileage in the highest gear at the lowest RPM. On a five speed fifth gear is usually overdrive and allows you to operate the car at about 2000 RPM.

]]> By: Biodiesel http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Biodiesel Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:05:00 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-10 Drive in a higher gear. The lower the RPMs the better. When I'm on the highway, I'm always in 5th gear. I'll even put it into 5th while driving in town. Drive in a higher gear. The lower the RPMs the better. When I’m on the highway, I’m always in 5th gear. I’ll even put it into 5th while driving in town.

]]> By: Hybrid Cars http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Hybrid Cars Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:29:51 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-9 If you have 'overdrive' then you will save,it's either 4th 05 5th gear,it takes the engine revolutions down considerably when you are highway driving,big gasoline saver If you have ‘overdrive’ then you will save,it’s either 4th 05 5th gear,it takes the engine revolutions down considerably when you are highway driving,big gasoline saver

]]> By: Saving gas http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Saving gas Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:45:01 +0000 http://www.fuelfrugal.com/blog/maintenance-repairs/do-you-save-more-gas-in-a-higher-gear-or-a-lower-gear/#comment-8 When your vehicle shifts gears effortlessly (i.e. without vrooming too much) it will save ur gas. When your vehicle shifts gears effortlessly (i.e. without vrooming too much) it will save ur gas.

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