Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Rattle, Rattle, Thunder, Clatter, Boom, Boom, Boom ...

Subtitle: A Short Course on Small Engines

We all know that engines require fuel to run. We give them fuel; they produce power. Power to make our wheels turn, power to do our heavy lifting, power to take care of the things we need to take care of.

Now, you have a choice in fuel. There's the low-grade fuel and the high-quality fuel. The low-grade fuel doesn't allow the engine to produce as much power or run as efficiently. The high-quality fuel, on the other hand, delivers quite a punch ... your engine works better and runs much longer.

It is very important to note that high-quality fuel may also result in a greater level (in amount and intensity) of emissions in the form of exhaust from said engine. Think muffler. 

This exhaust can be a difficult-to-manage, but sort-of-unavoidable by-product of high-quality fuel. You may notice it when you first change the quality of fuel you're consuming. Or, you may notice it as seasons change ... because as different kinds of fuel are available, you're filling up on all of them.

There are additives you can use to prevent these exhaust emissions. I'm betting more women choose to add them to their fuel tanks than men do.

Men just fluff the covers and laugh.

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