Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-09
ALL YEAR MOTORING
ALMOST UNIVERSAL
Suggestions to Secure Most
Pleasant and Effective
Winter Service.

With the advent of efficient start
ing devices and such comforts as CON
vertible bodies. tonncau heaters, etc
the all.year-round use of the high
grade motor car has become an al
most universal practice \ few sug
gcstions are here given as TO the east
est and best methods Of assuring the
most pleasant and effective winter
operation
As the quality Of the gasoline sup
piled on the open market is COntinu-
ally decreasing. according to a promi-
nout automobile official, it is becom-
ing more and more important to OBJ
tain the desired warm weather oper
ating conditions IN the motor at all
times The automobile motor, equally
as sensitive 10 the cold as the human
orrari-m. should have extra covering
i'm cold weather
An IDEAL warm weather operation
can hc secured by having the power
plant and the surrounding air under
the hood kept warm. as IN summer
Fortunately this is comparatively
easy TO accomplish. since the motor
itself is constantly generating heat.
Some Safeguards Recommended.
It is well to use a radiator cover
with an adjustable opening so as to
prevent excess cooling i'm extreme
weather. 1t is also well to see that
the carburotor has a hot-air connec-
lion to the intake manifold so that
! thc cold air is preheated when going
Into the carburetor The newer car
are also provided with an air-choking
| device which gives an oNcr-riCh car
| burctor mixture to aid in starting ana
rapidly warming up the motor.
with regard to the quality Of gaso-
| line: In some localities the gasoline
commonly offered for distribution is
Of poorer quality than in others, but
| IL is now almost always possible to
| obtain n higher test gasoline, which
generally spcg king, will prove more
efficient iu cold weather than a low
| test
In this connection bear in mind,
| however. that high test gasoline does
| not necessarily mean better gasoline.
| In some cases a very light grade of
| fluid Is used. which has such q low
! boiling point that It cannot be han
| died i'm an ordinary carburetor and If
| should be avoided.
Effects of Low-Tcst Gasoline.
The bad effects produced on mo-
| tors i'm cold weather on account Of
! low-test gasoline are difficult start
| Ing. missing fire. inefficient running
started. fouling of spark plugs and
| sometimes the presence of gasoline
! mixed with the oil in the base on ac-
| count Of condensation I'm the cylin-
! dcrs on this account extra care
| should be taken to see that the oil
| base is frequently drained and refilled
with fresh oil In very cold weather
| this should be done at least every
| one thousand miles The grade of oil
10 use I'm cold weather is a medium
! heavy grade.
To prevent freezing tho water circu-
| lating system he recommends simply
the addition OF either dcnatured or
wood alcohol to the water. In order
TO make solution which will not
freeze up to 10 degrees below zero
remove two gallons of water from the
circulating system and replace 1t with
two gallons OF alcohol. II must, II
course, be borne in mind that alcohol
eVaporatos somewhat more rapidly
than the water, so that In order to
keep the solution at its original
strength Il Is desirable when refilling
during winter weather to use half wa
ter and half alcohol. Washington
Star.