The Washington times., 1918-03-23
HERE Is article that will interest every person who
- operates a motor. Many things the auto owner
should know will be touched upon in this section from
time to time.
Power Losses and
How to Reduce Them

The average car owner will startled
out all the that generated by the explosion the combustion
chamber less than Oneeighh delivered actual driving force the
rear wheels Astonishing this actually If them
veneghs of the original lost the to the driving
wheels how vitality important is it for the that no
further and during the journey
Taking the combustion chamber 100
cent find that the first hyve cent which
IN the cooling water Another hve per cent lost
through direct radiation gases The exhaust
and muer accounts for further and friction the
motor for nearly six cent Wind resistance up seven per cent
of what left there tires of nearly four
cent The Transmission accounts for further subtraction of practically
three per
As long these kept their proportion,
there is for but 1.-THE careless main
tanning the vehicle and the losses Immediately mount upward in
geomea ratio Fortunately by taking heed not hard keep
the dissipation under control shall show.
The first item list power through dissipation the
cooling water scarcely be controlled by the ordinary
Within the past engineers have taken seriously the
problem of reducing By
troll possible temperature engine
its point Of efficiency simply
unfortunately the combustion engine
than certain being
yond that point the oil protecting
the engine would be quickly ruined However by the use of
thermosac Devices designers able Of
heat which means wasted in the cooling water.
What he do however there leakage
the engine this includes leakage ignition leakage oil leakage
The gasn Of the cylinder head there such good all the
fs @1ss See s's hs T ss
I @ a BE- sbe g be % or sT d %
oSe DO give s Of the spark Doss vav:
which stops leakage and makes of the
1t be forgotten
located and driven
much six Of the total Add inevitable friction
total The
here but keep at its normal seeing that all these
grade quality directions
on the fabrication chart are the safeguard here.
Again. carbon deposits in the combustion chamber
vant this direction removal of such
deposits before they have chance proportions
trouble
be well advised to install water feeding device their
after the cylinders have been thorOughy Water injected this
the form Of tends the formation Of carbon de-
positS a clean cylinder
There form of that excused and
gasoline than and
the exhaust possibly in the form Of liquid And what this but
the most direct criminal Of waste which the stop
any time he desires.
addition in
down the piston the ankcase and there
the oil and the loss further by the ubrcatng eff
cheney
The power running properly,
but the minute order and slips fairly burns
collar collar
drag and addition make clutch operation and
shifting difficult.
kept we'll properly running
prodgous waster. When there arrangement the
Transmission bearings shafts out of alignment wastes
should neglected
Next line unversas and these be packed
least three times cleaned out with kerosene and have fresh
When anything the
unbelievable In the wheel
bearings condition. jack the wheels and
try them occasionally to that they move freely
In the help keeping
the
the the road consequently the
need for keeping the fully inflated Also this important
the bills
There hardly mention to the experienced notorst
that brakes which will drag against the drum and literally
gasoline brake drag to dovermpy Jack
the wheel and around listening for sapng noise spins