The sun., 1916-12-03
IMPORTATION IN
THE WINTER TIME
Expert Tells Of Ways to Over
como Balky Motor on Cold
Mornings.

On these frosty mornings when the
motor seems cranky the new car owner
o. inclined to a unkind things about
che manufacturer and the engine. II
ISN'T the fault OF the engine at all, &C.
oording to II. c. Brokaw. principal Of
the automobile school Of the West Side
!. N. c. A.. 3is West Fifty-seventh
street. He says It IL because the easo-
oene doesn't gas" However. there is
solution Of the problem, at least
enough Of q remedy to make life a little
happier for the owner. Here II what he
. , along this line:
: when the car Is started In q warn
oaraSe the gasolene will probably
vaporixc and the engine run In good
ohape. but n soon as the car goes u
into the cold dir It will cool the engine
"a that ZONE Of the gasolene will be
condensed. Therefore we close the radia-
tor cover partly or wholly until the en-
Gins IL thoroughly warmed. II tho car
. started In a cold garage. the tea
ksttie and dishrag method must be re.
sorted to. Wrap the cloth around the
cAfOureter 90 that It does not cover the
aff Intake and pour the boiling water
On The rag. taking care that nons gets
IN the air intake. The hot water will
heat the carbureter and intake pipe and
saass tho te nperature of the mixture
% that the engine will run. In some
cases II may be necessary even to drain
cut h cooling system and MI Il with
not water. 50 that the combustion cham
Der u heated up.
TT 10 true that easolcne now sold has
. greater heat producing quality II only
~ get II properly mixed and volatii-
esed. II may be that the gasolene pro-
oucers by putting heavier gasolene on
uhe market, have been Of real service to
Auto men once We have lea. ned to utilize
the new gas economically and efficiently.
Thsy may have had In mind the higher
power. but they have given us a gas
which Is very hard to vaporize on a
frosty morning. Some tims Soon prob
ably the carbureter men will catch up
and. give US a vaporizer which wifi
handle It Until thcy do We will have
% look for means Of overcoming the
dtmculties now experienced. and Il Is
largely q question Of warming up the
Air.
I'm changing geAolens from LIQUID TO
vNpor considerable heat must DO sup
eued. whCn tho atmospheric tempera.
ture Is too low there IL not suficient
Beat in IL to vaporize the gasolene
sprayed Into the ~carbureter. When the
ongtne II warm the process Of vaporjxa-
lion goes on from the needle valve TO the
omen OF ignition. but II the engine be
cold the process L. retarded more or less.
and under some conditions II IL possible
Tor thoroughly vaporized gasolene to be
again condensed. The man who does
NO understand 10 inclined to ray uncom-
piiimentary things about the engine and
talk about fireproof gasolene.' The
euly trouble Is that the temperature IL no
SoW that we must heat the air before We
AA0A ~ NHtH HhA 4A.a--
AL the 2 ureter manufacturers put out
. stove &C. heat the air supply.
AS tho Weather becomes colder Il will
y found Necessary no doubt to close up
ehe radiator more and more in order 10
Rep the enrine Mt the required tempera-
cure. High engine temperature up to the
point where The water In the cooling eys.
TEN begins 20 boil In desirable from the
standpoint Of efficiency. n n no trouble
y experienced with irregular running the
hotter the e1sine 10 the larger amount OF
ooWer deve 'oped.
-One M rufacturer tHudson) has IN
eoTporated In the radiator a shutter
ME device by means OF which the
amoun OF air admitted maj be regu.
Hated from the drivers seat. Doubtless
others will follow or and an equally good
substitute.
Radiator overs to At aimos, any car
DOW made my be procured at trifiinrs
expense one nay simply put a piece OF
cardboard ovc- II. ! was out without n
recently and the Engine did not
work right. 50 I stopped when I came Ia
Anewsboy ari bought a paper and tied
over tac radiator. l got home all
right with this device.
"One n orr mon complained the other
DAY thai his car would start out fine and
run all right as long as ne was going
away from home. but as soon as he
turned homeward II would begin to ACT
up. He wanted to know II I thought the
car had the wanderlust. Inquiry devel.
eped the fact that the trips he spoke OF
% the going trip were with the wind and
r~eturning were against It. The added
' FORCE OF the n over the engine cooled
engine too much and he was advised
20 cover h radiator under such circum.
stances. He has reported no trouble
since.
s"Of course sometimes the skippins
may be overcome by enriching tho mix.
eurs by the dash control. but with the
present heavy gasolene the enriched
mixture does not seem TO do much goot
and II 10 simply adding to the supply O,
gasolene which already Is refusing q
veporixe. Therefore 1t seems to be q
case Of tho stove and the dishrag FOL
~ cold engine for heat results"
Serpps-Beoth Shows Speed.
b the Scripps- Booth car II possessed
- senl speed was. proved u few days age
On ths shespehsad Bay speedway, when I