El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-12

Reasons for motors overheating are
I usually other than the design.
Ola type radiators have habit OF
becoming clogged and inefficient from
suShl causes. If your cylinders are
Iree from carbon. your valves timed
properly, and the spark timed prop
cry, your trouble seems traceabIe TO
the radiator Since the water is cir
culatlng properly your trouble nm
uouDIediy lies IN the radiatfng abiIirv
OF Ine radiator The tubes or sections
may nave a deposit Of foreign matter
which, while not hinderinE the flow
OF water. nevertheless prevents the
proper radiation.
Motoring Department., The Herald
Although the differentiaI in my car is
well fabricated. I cannot stop the sing
ms. What can you suGgest?-R
It is very likely that the pinion on
the end Of the driving shaft is meshed
too deeply with the crown or master
gear of the differentiaL The noise YOU
speak Of can be eliminated by moving
the two gears slightly apart. Most
cars are equipped with an adjustment
50 that the differential, as a unit, may
De moved from side to side.
Motoring Department, The Herald
hy--has been causing ne consider
able trouble the past few months bv
lack OF power. Am usinE-car bure-
tor Until month ago this carburetor
was IA inches, but have since
changed Il 10 1-inch size OF the same
model This gave fairly good results
Tor about week. Since then il has
been necessary to change the adjust
ment on both air and gasoline nearly
every day. The motor has excellent
compression, and the magnetic is in
perfect condition. r T. S
The symptoms indicate that the gas
ollne pipe leading from the tank TO the
carburetor is INSTRUCTED TO certain
extent, so that the gasoline does not
1low freely TO the carburetOr. Would
suggest removing the entire pipe and
Stralner. and cleaning. 1t would also
be advisable TO strain the gasoline in
the tank to exclude the possibility of
any water or sediment getting into the
carburetor. Another thing that would
cause motor TO act as YOU describe
IS the float mechanism of the carburc-
tor. When this is stiff OF out OF order
II does not open and close the float
valve when it should
Motoring Department, The Herald
I have and when 1 throttle down
the motor for two or three minutes and
then open the throttle the motor seems
to choke, and sometimes viii stop al
together Could you tell me the trou-
ble2-C. Hoffman,.
Your trobule is in the carburetor.
Would suggest your trying a new aux
liiary air valve spring. Also inspect
float and float valve and note if same
work freely and properly.
Motoring Department, The Herald
DO YOU advise the use of powered
graphite in the crank case Of a splash
system engine on is pumped into the
main bearings and trOughs into which
the cranks dip Win either have any
bad effect on the motOr?-C- NJ Green
wood.
Rowered graphite is not to be recon-
lad in l. -.-n.
system engine. While graphite will
not materially injurs the working
parts, il viii have a tendency to clog
up the various oil holes and grooves.
possibly prevent the proper f1OW Of oil
TO the respective bearing surfaces It
Is. not necessary. and the advantages
70 be gained by It's use are not worth
the experiment Would advise your
much graphite or carbon ingredients
as possible.
Motoring Department, The Herald
have a fOur-cylinder IS horsepower
car OF this years model which has
suddenly developed a peculiar missing.
The car is Is equipped with mag
neto and misses on cylinders and
at all speeds and hits as well as ever
on cylinders L and + There IS no
spark at and 3 whatever. while L and
4 have strong spark The wires are
IN good shape; also the plugs. What
IS the remedy Tor this rrOuDle-
". R Turner.
The trouble. II appears. lies in the
primary interrupter in the magnetic.
One Of the cams which operates this
without doubt Is worn or defective
and does not cause the interrupter
points to open
There are two cams operating the
interrupter which work alternately.
The firing order Of your engine Is
1-2-4-3 or 1-S-A-2 and il is evident
that one cam operates for the spark
in and cylinders .aAd the other
cam for the . and 5 cylinders
The trouble may be located By re-
moving the magnetic and revolving the
armature slowly by hand Watch the
interrupter points to see II they sep
arate properly every half revolution
OF the armature shaft
Motoring Department The Herald
My car had the front axle badly bent.
and since having it repaired I find