Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-01-23
SUGGESTIONS OH
winter DRIVING
Motor Expert Tells How to Sc
cure Best Results With Car
During Colo Weather.
RICH MIXTURE IS REQUIRED
Where Heated Garage is Used Little
Difficulty VIII Be Experienced in
Startin3-Drsin Radiator
on Cod Nights.

Present day grades 81 gasoline do
not easily yap0rize unless a sufficient
amount of heat is present For this
reason, an excessively rich miEturc
i required when starting Ia order
that some uf il will retain lis vapor
like form and reach The cylinders. The
reG!ainedr will dccondenSe ana either
flow back through the manifold or
ieak -I42>t the piston rings and finally
reach the oil in The crank case. Case
line is mn enemy az uhricction AMI for
This reason the crank ease oil should
be changed more frequently in winter
than in summer. says II. W. Slauson
NJ T.. IN LrsIic's Weekly.
If a car is kept in Il heated garage
no difficulty viii be experienced in
winter starting. for the interior of
the cylinders ana the cooling water
will be kept at summer temperature
Starting conditions in cold garage
are different. however and il must
be remembered that excessive amounts
of gasoline are required for the warm
ing up" process which seems to he 50
necessary before nm engine can be
expected 70 develop lis normal power.
Drain Radiator.
From the standpoint Of efficiency
rather than convenience. the best way
Is 10 drain the radiator on cold nights
AMI 70 fill the cooling system with
warm water when the car is 10 he used.
This then places the entire engine in
the same condition. as regards temper
allure, as though 1t had been operated
for fifteen or twenty minutes, and will
save the amount OF gasoline which
/ would otherwise lie required To bring
( the entire system Ia this temperature.
1t will save dilutiOn of the crank case
oil. and through the ease Of starting
! which is thus assured will save the
severe strain Gn the hatfery which cold
weather usually e1.ails. Tie battery
is mn expensive necessity oG car opera
tion AMI long reffblsl 6f tsr df the
starter before the motor viii re-
spond. represent Il punishment which
the battery manufacturer deploreS aud
which amounts TO Il serious item OF
cost 10 the owner for battery recharg-
/ ing. rental, repair or renewal.
Radiator covers. robes and The Ike
will serve to retain The heat of Il water
cooled car for several hours. Cars
which are kept Standing idle on The
street or in garages for more than
three or four hours, however. in eX-
cccGingly cold weather should be pro-
vidcd with some form, auti-freezing
mixture in tho -i';frfttrfor = ~ per
cent solution of alcohol (oprNpaner
alcohol and three quarters wa1 40 viii
freeze AT zero p--;iO rer1rent solution
+ will freeze at I've degrees below and
10 per cent solution will freeze M
twenty degrees below.
Glycerin Can Pc Used.
II should le remembered that lie
/ boiling point Of alcohol is much lower
liam THAI Of water and consequently
this proportion of alcohol sill be 70.
duced rapidly as II car IS operated.
Glyccrin may prevent Ills eXapora-
ton 10 u certain extent. hut one manu-
facrur1r recommends the following
ani-frezing solution: AIcollul ~ per
cent. @lyccrin. 20 per cen; and water 90
per cent. thus giving nonfrcczing
Insurance 10 the point ~ twenty de-
erceS below zero Proportions of &c.
1G and IS. respectively viii prevent
freezing 10 points within five sdcgrccS
below zero.
The above suggestions, OF course
| apply only 70 the water cooled car.
The air cooled car lends Itself to the
operating conditions OF the moment al