Revision question · Environmental issues

What can help to reduce fuel consumption?

Revision material from the imported DVSA bank includes source-checked Lanekind learning corrections. These corrections are not newly issued official examination questions, and practice does not reproduce a live test paper.

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Changing filters regularly

Keeping tyres under-inflated

Always using gears in sequence

Keeping the rev counter in the amber band

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Changing filters regularlyThis was the right answer

Poorly maintained engines use more fuel and emit more exhaust fumes than those that are well maintained. Filters need to be changed on a regular basis. Remember that members of the public are encouraged to report vehicles emitting excessive exhaust fumes.

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Service filters and repair fuel-wasting faultsReviewed guidance summary · The maintenance questions concern preventable waste, not permission to change parts at an invented universal interval.

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