Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12
EsiMPLIF|ED LESSONS IN
CARE or AUTOMOBILE
Y Expert Tells How Failure of En-.
ginc To Start May he
Ecmcuicu.
THREE ESSENTIAL FEATURES
Ss>>srrlich Solves Many Problems Sub
lifted by Puzzled Car Owners,
Telling Ten How to ADJUST Their
Trouble. Promptly.
.Auin Lcsson So. I..

ANY of the causes OF the sudden
stoppng OF the engine. as given in the
last lesson may be the cause of the
engine refusing to start.
Il. after cranking the engine five or
SIX times i; does no; start stop crank
ing and loralc the cause. or YOU viii
DISCHARGE your battery and possibly
Ia addition to The troubles which
VIII cause the engine to stop are others
When the engine has been running il
is hot. and while running al OF the
parts are moving quickly and The ste
it has been idle Cor a while J, IS cold.
and our Crauk!n- turns il over Very
slowly so that &c parts are moving
slowly and the Suction j. mild.
EFFECT or GOODNESS
OK iIiKEi: ESSENTIALS
What effect VII tne co.duess sa;
SLOW crankiur HAY" oH :hc farce IS
sentials, namely, s.cmurSSSion iEn'Hon
,,.,i,,,,. -. ,,,,. ,,, ~, II
than when il is warm.
Csa loss or compression. ticn. h. the
S S OF ne ems!ne net siA.rii2Si, y
the three essentials Your Judgment
Viii ;eN yoU whether o. net you eecd
long The engine has hcen run without
the grinding @. the valves, and wheth-
er OF not II save power when last used.
~
preston is unlikely @ b. ~ FAULT. of
course Il Since The eGSiHe was las;
run YOU did some work oil il. YOU ma =
not have gotten ihe parts tight o.
for example. the valve adjusting nut.
People in heir deSi-e - have tho or
IueutS 80 Il. Tx the waves do not seat
properly. We can. therefore. unless
our reasoning, - above. makes us sus-
poet COMPRESS ION, ignore it ,s n pos
sihlc cause OF the engine failing 10
start.
Wha, ercc, Viii the cold and slow
{ we have battery for the source OF
;hr current. it practically Will not be
effected, hu' 4 We have magneto.
aye 10 hc so low Is no. 10 give q spark.
Where this is suspected as the trouble.
the remedy is TO spin the engine Wig
orouSly.
Some times the voltage is just high
enough TO caus" = spark to jump when
the wire is held near the metal when
testing The spark. yet not to hc great
enough Ia cause The spark to jun II
through he hiEhlN compressed mis- :
turc, as ii takes more voltage 10 do
this than - docs to cause II To jump
across gap IL pur" uncomprcsScl air.
should YOU suspect this ia be the case.
you can see II il is by taking out tho
plug and opcn;ng tho points little
farther and laying it on Il clcan metal
part Of tho engine. If. when crank
ing, You gcl Spa,'l. over the greater
opening YOU can feel that you are also
getting spark across the smaller
opening in tic compressed gas
should YOU. after getting a spa-l;
with the o"!"!n@l opening. not get on.
with the siiGhtly =-oatcr opening. thar
The roltaG" may b" a little low The
thing TO do then is 10 set the point;
slightly closer than they We're original
~ and SO" If the engine will star.
Win tho exception of The low VOLTAGE
ttue to tho SLOW crank! ing when the GA
IS equipncd with Il mnEncto. we mig II
say that the iguit!un troubles vhir!
might cause failure to start arc tn,
same rs for the suddcn stopping %
What about m'-.rrc Yer, is ~,
cause oe ahau; 90 per can; OF tn
starting trouble. n Both tho cold mn,
SLOW craniiur VIII anc~, Tho rs,h,: