PS Magazine - JUNE 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 331
JUNE 1980
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Downshift on up
-
hill grades to avoid
uNNecessary
L
abor
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ing in your enGine.
your enGine
'
s
warm
²
up time
³
Take no more
or less than necessary
´
Excessive idlinG pµriods waste
fueL and can foul up your enGine
with carbon and crud
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·on¸t
forGet
,
tho
,
diesels and multi
²
fuels
have
to be idled beFore shut
¹
down
.
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-
. J•/±'²³-
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liGhts
are oFten
timed with the speed
limit, anº good timinG
on your Par» will Get
*
Alwa
y
s
stay w
ith
in
tHe s¼eed Limit½
Excessive speeº
wastes fuel¾
yoU more Greens
than reºs
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Maintain
a con
À
stant speed
Á
A
nervous foot on the
accelerator was»es
fuelÂ
·
Resis»
the temptation to rev your
Ã
engiNe at stop siGnals and then
take off like a
j
ackrabbit
j
ust to
be the first oNe waitinG at the
?
É
next s»op siGnalÄ I»Ås
p ´
¸
Æ
murder on
vehicles and
it wastes
FuelÇ
¹
Make sure your parkinG
brake is fulLy releaseºÈ
aNd don
É
» ride the brake
or clutch
Á
This
Å
ll save
on fUel and unnecessary
wearÄ
Check for loW tires anº
Êow aËd out²oFÌÍine
tirµs waste FuµÍ and
shortµn tire liFe
º
Take off GradÎally and shift
Gears as you pick up speeº.
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On t wÏn up yoUr engÏne
to excess
i
ve ÐÑM before shif»iNG
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la
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to stopÈ shut off your Gasoline engine
if you
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re GoiNG Õo be there f
Ê
r a few
miN
U
»es
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Òith a ºieseÍ, it¸s a different story
Ä
Öet your diesel iºÍe if you¸re oNly
goiNG to be a few minutes
´
Öess fUeL
is used in a short iºLe periOd than
you¸d use for a restar»
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