KE 🇰🇪 This may be your reality very soon. The government just changed what's in your fuel. Quietly.
From April 30th, the petrol and diesel at every pump in Kenya has 5x more sulphur in it than it did last month.
Here's what that means for your car. 🧵

First — why is sulphur in fuel at all?
It was in the crude oil when it came out of the ground. Millions of years of compressed organic matter. Sulphur is part of that.
Removing it costs serious money and advanced refinery equipment.
So historically? Nobody bothered.

Hii Kinungi 🛣️inapanda mbaya 🔥🔥!! This is how your car feels just after you've imported it. It feels responsive, has good fuel consumption & power is right. After some years, the car is just a means of transport, the responsiveness is gone. Here are 10 things that happened: 1/n 1. Dirty air filter: A clogged air filter can restrict airflow to the engine and reduce its performance. Replace the air filter as recommended by the manufacturer.2

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CAR BATTERY. Any vehicle owner knows the pain of trying to start their car only to hear the cries of a dying battery. There's lots of types of batteries and information that will help you select the right battery for your car. Thread... Cars nowadays have varying power needs and hence the need for different types of batteries. The most common is the Flooded Lead Acid Battery (Wet Cell) or SLI (Starting, lighting, ignition). Typically made of 6 cells with a liquid electrolyte solution of sulfuric acid & H²O...

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TYRES. We see them every day on vehicles and are the only point of contact between the car and road. On them, there are a lot of numbers: 225/45/R19 or 92W and many others. What do these numbers mean, what should you check before buying a tyre..... The big numbers 225/45/R19. The 1st number 225, is the width of your tyre track, the surface that touches the ground, it's in mm - 225mm. The 2nd number 45, is the rim and top of the tyre, thickness (sidewall) if you will, it's a %age, 45% of the width (225) of your tyre...