10 Tips on OIL Saving

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10 Tips on OIL Saving

• 1. Drive at max. 90 km/hr

• Max. speed limits by law
• Ordinary route 90 km/hr
• Expressway 110 km/hr
• Motorway 120 km/hr

• 2. Use Mass Transit instead of Private Cars

• If 1 of 5 million car users switch to use public
  fleet services to travel 48 km/day, in 1 year
  (260 working days), 52 million litres of oil
  could be saved, worth 780 million baht.

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• 4. Car Pool

• 3. Turn Off the Engine while Parking

• If 5 cars are used to travel 48 km/car (round
  trip) in the same direction to destinations near
  each other, 5,200 litres of oil will be wasted in
  1 year (260 working days), worth 78,000 baht.
• If 1 of 5 million cars manage the use of Car
  Pool, taking turn to drive 5 passengers/1 car,
  41.6 million litres of oil could be saved in 1
  year, worth 624 million baht.

• Leaving the engine run idle for 5 minutes will
  waste 500 cc of oil.

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5. Avoid the Rush Hour

• 6. Use Telephone/Fax to avoid getting caught in
  the traffic

• If merely 1 of 5 million cars get stuck in
  traffic jam every working day and on some
  weekends,
• in 1 year (330 days/year), 12.4 million litres
  of oil will be wasted, worth 186 million baht

• Use telecommunication devices instead of
  travelling on the road to send documents between
  offices, for example.
• If urgent, use fax machines.
• For important documents, try to send in a batch
  with other documents.
• For regular circulars, use e-mail or postal
  services.

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• 8. Ensure Proper Tyre Pressure and Clean Air
  Filter

• 7. Study the Route before Travelling

• Daily driving for 48 km on average in 1 month
  with tyre pressure 1 lb./sq. inch less than the
  standards will cause extra oil consumption
• Cars 2.4 litres extra
• Motorcycles 1.2 litres extra
• Trucks 4.2 litres extra
• If 30 of each vehicle type often ignore this tip
  for accumulative 30 days/year, an extra of 5.8
  million litres of oil will be consumed, worth 87
  million baht.
• A clean air-filter helps save 65 cc of oil per
  day
• Need cleaning every 2,500 km.
• Change every 20,000 km.

• Getting lost on your way for 10 minutes will
  waste 500 cc of oil, worth 7.50 baht.
• If 5 million cars get lost on their way once a
  month on average in 1 year, 30 million litres of
  oil will be wasted, worth 450 million baht.

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• 9. Avoid Unnecessary Load

• 10. Check the Engine Regularly

• Driving with about 10 kg of unnecessary load for
  a distance of 25 km. will waste 40 cc of oil.
• If 10 of 5 million cars nationwide carry
  unnecessary load while driving, 7.3 million
  litres of oil will be wasted in 1 year, worth
  10.95 million baht.

• Change the air filter as scheduled.
• Change the lube oil every 5,000 km.
• Check the level of engine oil and water in the
  battery.
• Check the level of cooling water.
• Tune up the engine to maintain efficiency this
  will help save 3-9 of oil.