Arizona republican., 1918-09-08
WAYS SUGGESTED. FUR SAVING GAS. TO WIN THE WAR
Experts Claim That Almost Any Car Can Be Operat-
 ed With Less Fuel and
 They Tell How to Do It

There is scarcely a motor car in service today on which the consump ton of fuel cannot be reduced This statement may seem like eXaggeration, but the best authorities are agreed that 1t is no more than the truth. This condition of affairs would be bad enough under any circumstances, but in the present crisis 1t is really serious. Ordinarily this waste of motor fuel would be merely loss from the noCketbooks of a certain number of our countrymen. Today every drop of gasoline wasted represents just so much energy gone from our war -malI- ing preparations. With personal and patriotic reasons for reducing the con- sumption of motor fuel the appeal to the motorists of America should be ir- resistible.
 The first place to look for wastage of the fuel is naturally the carbureton system. Here the principal leaks take place and these must be stopped before real fuel efficiency can be hoped for. It is rather amusing to see ambitious car owners install certain types of de- vices in connection with the carbure- tion system when if they only knew how to adjust the carburetor properly nothing of the sort would be necessary.
 Mixtures Varies Widely
 The modern internal combustion en- zine will usually operate on a fuel mixture ranging from eight parts of air to one and gasoline to fl parts of air to one of gasoline. Operating con- ditlons however, are better when the mixture is leaner. but as a general rule car owner tends to use a mixture near CT the latter than the former. Obvious ly mixture at to 1 contains almost twice as much gas as one at IA to l. If the engine ran better with the rich CT mixture. there might be some excuse for using it, but it doesn't. Further, the richer mixture tends to produce rapid carbonization and while the en- zine will assimilate it, nevertheless the action is sluggish and lacks the snap that is present with the leaner ranges Therefore. the first thing the car own CT who aims at maximum efficiency should do is to make sure that his car huretor IS properly adjusted to give the leanest mixture consistent with satis- Factory running. If the car owner is unable to make this simple adjustment himself. he should certainly have the service station do it for him. In cases where the carburetor is an old instru- ment with not enough range of air volume. it may be wise to install one of the dexices of the auxiliary air inlet type. These arc inexpensive and cas- Fly put in place. At any rate every car owner should give his earnest attention to the carburetion system, with view to reducing the very probable waste in this location.
 Before we leave the carburetion sys- tenn we may suggest that many modern cars will satisfactorily operate on a mixture of gasoline and kerosene. If the individual owner will try this ex- pertinent using say four gallons of gasoline to one of kerosene, he may be pleasantly surprised, at any rate it is worth the attempt. This is particu- larly so in warm weather. when his heavier mixture vaporizes more readily than in colder.
 Now the carburetion may be neve, so good, but if the ignition is not UT to the mark maximum efficiency car never be reached. Therefore, it be- hooveS the car owner to keep the pat tery fully charged and filled with dis titled water, as he has been warned so often. The cable connections a