El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-07
Hints To Car OtOners

In this age of Standardization and
! efficiency it behooves the auto owner
to begin figuring the cost per mile
travelled by his machine and try to re-
duce that cost to a minimum.
The average autoist has always fig
ured or tried to figure In halI-
/ hearted manner the upkeep Of his car.
starting with the number Of miles
Travelled on a gallon of gasoline, the
amount of his garage bin, the cost OF
his tires, and then gave ii up as a bad
job.
The latter item although the most
expensive thing about his machine he
has given the least attention. Usually
he would make a note as to the date OF
purchase of a new tire, then would
lose the note, the result being that
when he came to the manufacturer for
an adustm he was only able to state
in a general way the amount Of ser
vice his tire had given him.
With the idea Of helping the autOist
keep an accurate record of the cost OF
his car and especially the cost of tires,
r. Cecil Smith, manager of the tire de-
compiled q tire record book which viii
be given free to car owners in Los
Angeles.
This record viii be a great aid to
everyone who drives a car, and, judg-
ing from the demand for these book
lets, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. feel that it
will be a question Of but few days
until they have supplied every autoist
in Los Angeles.
Flooding the carbueJOr and printing
are common means of starting in cold
weather, as is also the shutting of the
air passage, allowing the full suction
of the motor to fall upon the spray
nozzle. These should not fail with a
motor that has been running well up
to that time. With q cold and stiff
motor, however even printing viii fail
at times, and the other methods pro-
duce no effect whatever. In such in
stances five drops of ether to each
cylinder Of the motor have been found
efficaciOus b. many physicians and
others who know of this method An
other trick that has been tried with
success is the placing Of about table
spoonful of carbide in a small tin
having a friction top. A hole is then
cut through the cover and the cover
placed on the tin. Through the hole
in the cover is run a small rubber tube
or a piece Of hose into the air intake
of the carburetOr. Through another
opening in the tin is poured a half
glass of water. After waiting for about
a half minute the motor is cranked.
Before entering upon the winter sea-
son it would be wen for car owners to
clean out the oiling system If this has
not been done during the summer sea-
SO4- O4 cars LiliL use a circulating OIL
ing system this IS especially import
ant, as it VIII not suffice to simply re-
new the oil that is burnt up or that
leaks away. The old oil that gathers
in t1e bottom o. the crankcase will
becO-. -vaxy and dirty. 1t will lose
the very features which render it de-
sirabIe as a cylinder oil and will cause
trouble by cumming up the piston
rings a. caIbOnizing. If the course
Of the "a that is led through a circu-
latin system be followed it will read
lily he seen by the most inexperienced
amateur that this cleaning out is a
necessity, and that its omission will
entail und srsira Bile consequences
An Oilstone is best preserved by
wrapping it in a piece of cotton cloth
after use The cloth absorbs all Of
the lubricant and prevents the fOrma-
ton Of gum" on the surface, which
clogs all of the finer pores Of the
stone
IS
In motors with detachable heads be
careful that the gasket used to pack
the joint does not project, into the COM
bustiOn chamber. II 1t does, the pro-
jecting parts are liable to become in
candescent and cause preignitiOn
knocks and perhaps back firing into
the carbureter.