Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-23
DOINGS IN THE AUTO WORLD
Freezing Solutions Should be Put Radators-Raph De Palma is One of the Squarest Racing Drivers-Chans
 on Tires Save Machine Skiddins.

=. These are the days when the anti freezing solution should be put in the radiator. It is foolish to wait longer. The mixture has to be used all winter and so avoid the early freeze as we'll as the late-spring one. eral of our northwestern states, has added the solution, but there are tens of <thousands of others who have not yet taken this precaution- If an own CT is caught short-handed without the necessary mixture it is best to drain the radiator and entire water system each night. or few of the very cold nights, until the mixture can be ob- tained.
 Ralph De Palma is, perhaps, one of the squarest automobile racing got into the racing game score of years ago. when he won bicycle race at Buffalo, and with the proceeds he paid for the mount which he pedalled to victory.
 He learned his lesson, with regard to squareness in one of his first mo- torcyele races, the first contest in fact, which was run by the Federation of American Motorcyclists at the old Manhattan beach track of Long Is- land, back in 1903. In that meet Ralph ran under false colors, donning
 
 rider. only to be disqualified and sus- pended. His suspension, which lasted several years and which kept him out of not only motorcycle contests, but automobile and bicycle contests, as well. was a bitter pill to the then young speed artist, and it likewise cost him pretty penny. But he learned his lesson, and not since that time has Ralph De Palma done a thing deservingfi of even a reprimand from race referee
 Should too much oil be poured into the crank case or too rich a mixture of gasoline be used, there is the. poss- ibility of coating of carbon collecting over the upper part of the cylinders and on the tops of the pfstons. The carbon would collect exactly the same as it does on a lamp chimney when the flame is turned to high. Should the oil level be kept too high, the ex- cess of oil would work up on the cyl finders, past the rings of the pistons, and into the space above the piston where the explosions take place. Here the oil would partly burn and leave the soft carbon.
 The heat resulting from the explos- ions would tend to harden the carbon and produce a hard scale. Too rich gasoline mixture will cause a deposil of carbon in the cylinders as quickly
 
 amount of gasoline that can be mixed with air to form a mixture that will burn up entirely is limited.
 When the carbon collects to any extent, it may heat up, and any tiny protection may become, hot enough to set the incoming gas on fire, witt: the result that the explosion will come to soon. Such a condition will be indicated by a pounding noise, and generally, by overheating. of the en- zine.
 The engine will also begin to miss in certain cylinders on account of the carbon collecting on the spark plugs and forming a path for the current which would prevent the occurrence of spark. The scales of carbon will. often become lodged under the ex- haust valve and cause loss of com- pression. The engine will show noticeable loss of power.
 The best remedy for removing the carbon is, of course, the preventing of its formation by using as thin mixture of gasoline as possible at al times. ,s : Once carbon is deposited in the cyl finders, the best means of removiui it is to, turn the crank shaft so tha each piston is in turn at the extreme top position. 4 lighted match or max