South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-30

Motor Department 3 nave y OF"
which gives ne a great deal u
trouble with OIL woT1-lng through 20
piston. The plugs become satur-
ated with oil so hist hey will not
work. 7 have had ne1y rings put in
o. no effect Had ovens zed rings put
In. but would not answer PURPOSE.
Had new piston put Q. and t was
al me same would like 10 know
= -h.s trouble can be rernedie cd and.
IL so. how The water Ia radiator
also boIs after runn.n9.s.x or sever
miles J. J.
II oversize rings have not helped
the trouble may be due 20 wear OF
cylinders Grinding 20 a.true Circle
end httluE larger pisrons and rings
will keep the on down The over
heating may be due TO the radiator
becoming c,ogged Clean out with
washing soda Keeping the spark
too f7r retarded win also cause Il.
as viii running too long on low gear.
Motor Department: am told that
slipping clutch and dragging
brakes viii make an engine over
hea'. but Jc no. see how this can
BE- i thought that overheating
would be caused by running the en-
CINE too fast or some trouble with
the cooling system such as a broken
pump. leakage or cIogging. Please
explain OWNER.
Overheating is always caused by
the generation o. more heat IN the
cylinders than the cooling system
can handle In one case the en-
CINE may work too hard, in the
other the cooling system may be de-
fecJlve. Where you are troubled
with a slipping clutchtOr a dragging
brake you feed more gas 20 drive
the engine faster. 50 as 70 offset the
trouble and so overhead the engine.
\ driver familiar with his engine
VIII know from the sound how fast
his car should go and 20 notices
that the car Ia losing speed The
test FOR dragging brakes e 20 see II
tho outside band is free AL round
and then 70 Jack up the rear wheels
and 90 note II there Is too much re-
sistance when they are turned.
Motor Department: ind my
Ford engine loses. compression when
hot and am afraid am losing
power on that account. As I know
but little about engines am unable
70 locate this weakness Please let
me know how 20 find the weak CYL
inders and what remedy 10 apply.
OWNER
Hea. up engine 10 the point where
It begins TO lose compression. Locate
inlet valve stems by noting where
the inlet manifold connects TO the
cylinders Crank engine slowly.
watching the inlet valve stems.
When an inlet valve rises and lowers
the corresponding cylinder Is on the
compression stroke Your trouble
IS probably IN the exhaust filters
whioh should be shortened slightly.
This may be done without removing
them by fling a little at a time.
Crank engine until the valve litter
IS al the way down and crank for
half a revolution more. Raise valve
stem by means OF valve spring
litter so 0s 20 get it,ou. OF the way
Only remove a little OF the metal
as 10 - Easy 10 BtL the space TOO
Wide, causing the engine 10 los,
power ard become noisy.
Motor Department. I have a Dort
which ran nicely for 5000 miles
then IL began 20 miss. gradually get
ting worse The Ignition Is alright
the exhaust valves have been ground
IN. and the cylinders cleaned. Power
or the third and fourth cylinder:
seems weak The power Is good or
the first two cylinders The engtn NJ
rnisses the same when running slow
or fast. The magnetic is in good
condition. o. L.
Since there - weak compression
OF the third and fourth cylinder,
ycut can hardly expect good results
While the valves may have beer
ground only recently. this does not
necessarily mean that they do not
need reseating again. Very often q
small particle OF carbon VIII lodge
under the seat OF the exhaust valv,
ana cause trouble. even though tn,
cylinders have just been cleo ned
The piston rings may be lined up n
such a way that the openings ar,
al IN line and lose compression. II
IS also possible that the spark plug,
II these cylinders are not in gooe