With the price of fuel rising rapidly over the past ten years, we all want to try and find ways to cut down on our running costs. Most cars require a service every year or ten thousand miles, which ever comes sooner. Some models now have what called long life is servicing meaning they can go twenty or even thirty thousand miles before the service light will pop up on your dash.

Chances are if you own a new car you will keep up to date with the services, so as not to void the warranty if nothing else. But for those of us with second hand cars it is often easy to put it off. Research has proven that timely servicing will reduce your fuel costs. During a routine service particular filters will be replaced and these are one of the items that can cause a car to use more fuel than it needs to.