The sun., 1919-02-07
MOST CARS IN SHOW
HAVE MOTO.METERS
Thirty-sevcn Out of Sc Are So
Equipped-Device Really
a Necessity.

Many people who have attended the
New York Automobile Show this week
have commented upon the fact of there
being 90 many cars equipped with Boyce
Motto Meters. The facts are that of the
ffty-six different passenger cars being
exhibited at the present New York Auto
mobile Show thirty-seven are equipped
with Boyce Motto Meters.
This remarkable showing has brought
up the question In the minds OF the
buyer as well as the dealer: why have
the manufacturers adopted the Boyce
Mo'o-Meter as standard equipment
Engineers Of the many automobile
manufacturing concerns know that the
Internal combustion engine operates at
one best temperature. This tempera-
turc. however. varies in different en-
gncs. The Boyce Moto- Meter is so con-
structed as to show the driver at all
times that temperature at which he
should drive his engine, in order to make
Il perform perfectly as near as possible
once that temperature has been found
out the Boyce Moto-Meter enables the
driver to keep his engine running at
maximum efficiency at all times whether
going uphill or down at high or low
rate Of speed and In cold as we'll as hot
weather.
Rated as an Essential.
Any engine lldt is worth wDlle nav
ing Is of sufficient value to be kept
in good condition, and therefore the
engineers have recommended the adop-
ton Of the Boyce Moto-Meter as an es-
scnlal 10 hcir keep their motors in tina.
condition OF maximum efficiency.
No one, even the engineer himself
could to any degree of certainty know
when the motor was operating under
conditions which meant an overheated
~ vi rhAr, TO- 1,
to such degree az to cause damage
until the Boyce Motto Meter came to their
attention In the case of the ordinary
car owner this condition was more pro-
nounced. and II was in the majority Of
cases that the motor was Invariably
driven up to such n degree as actual
damage was done. When the motor re-
fused TO operate, then did the driver
etart to investigate. BY using the Boyce
Moto-Meter. however, he Ia warned in
time OF motor trouble, so as to make
his minor repairs before serious COM
p.lcations have set in, and thus save
himself the expense OF scored cylinders,
burned bearings. warped valves, &C
Because OF the above unquestionably
the overheating OF the motor was the
frst condition that made the absplu. q
necessity of such a thing as a moto-
meter apparently greatly needed Later
II was learned that the moto-meter was
necessary so as to allow a car to be op-
Grated at the most efficient temperature
and prevent an overcooling effect caused
by practically any radiating system.
Most OF the cooling systems are built
sunicienty large enough to properly cool
motor even in the hottest climates, and
during the hottest part of the year. Thes.
cooling systems are often constructed OF
such A capacity as to have an overcool
Ing effect The result was that such de-
wees az radiator covers. radiator shu.-
tiers. thermostats. &c, were hit upon, in
order to eliminate the possibility OF this
overcooling effect.
shows Excessive Cold Also,
But great difficulty was experienced by
the operator in telling when his engine
was running at exactly the right tenn
perature. Here again the Boyce Moto-
Meter came to the rescue, for 1t not only
shows the operator when his motor is
running overheated. but It also show s
when he IS running his motor at too cold
a temperature.
The Boyce Moto-Meter taking the
temperature OF the cooling system indi-
Gates when there IL something wrong
with the motor from fifteen to twenty
minutes before actual damage can oc'
cur. Therefore. any one, by using tbs
Boyce Moto-Meter can quickly observe
that there is something wrong with his
engine time enough in advance OF actua
damage. so as to be able to have thi!
wrong corrected before such damage ha.
occurred as to necessitate costly re
pairs.
There Is no manufacturer who doei
not have certain pride in the dura
billy of his product, and as the Boycs
Moto-Meter increases that durability tc
very considerable extent, it was only
natural that the trend was to adopt this
instrument as standard factory equip