The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-07-13
Dirt is ANCIENT +.
ENEMY OF MOTOR
Undesirable Near Working Parts
OF Chassis Because It
Starts Rapid Wear.
KEROSENE BATH is FAVORED
Unelean Engine Means Loss In Ef.
fieieney and Premature Trip to
Repair shop-startino Motors
Require Attention.

! Dirt Is undesirable no matter where
II is, but the average automobile own.
er mas yet to learn that dirt or the
running gear does more than merely
cover up some painted or unpainted
metal Joints seemingly as tight as
mechanic can get them allow dirt
TO pass through. The reason for the
dirt being so undesirable near work
Ing purts of the chassis is not so much
because It doesn't look well but be-
cause II eventually gets to moving
surface and starts rapid wear
Around the engine and other parts
OF the car there are supposedly tight
Joints In addition to actual openings.
Take the front end cover, commonly
called the timing gear case cover. VI.
bration may loosen few OF the hold
Ing nuts, allowing the cover to move
away from the crank case a small
fraction of an inch. With an accumu.
lation of dirt over the cover some
OF the dirt is bound to get to the gear
teeth. Dirt and lack of fabrication
or front end gears are responsible for
rapid wear and noisy operation.
Every owner ought to keep the en-.
CINE clean by an occasional kerosene
bath. Spray Kerosene all over the en-
CINE and wipe Off every bit of dirt you
can. This goes for the crank case us
well as the parts that you can see
when you lift the hood. Dirty oil, oil
with sediment, old oil not changed for
some time are all causes of rapid en-
gine wear.
How many owners ever see TO II
that the combination breather and oil
filler is clean on the inside? In some
designs there Is every chance for n
quantity of dirt to settle on the in
side, and that is washed down into
the crank case when the next oil |
filling is made.
A dirty engine means n loss In eff |
nciency and a premature trip to the |
repair shop, where the cost of parts |
requirements will be higher than ex-
pected. The timers are usually COW |
cred with mud and dirt, and this gets
inside, cuts the segments, interferes |
with proper ignition, and brings about
the need for new timer in a few
months. Look inside of a timer that
Is generally dirty on the outside and
one VIII find dirt also. Generators and
motors on the average car
do not get very much attention of any
KIND by the owner, but they deserve
good cleaning, Some starting motors
are not fully inclosed, while others.
even when covered, seem to accumu.
late dirt.
l would suggest TO the owner that.
when he has few hours to spare dur
ing any month, he give the engine
thorough cleaning, removing dirt from
all joints, from oil holes, and the like.
The underneath parts Of the car are
admittedly hard to get at but that
ihould not be an excuse for total neg.
ect. Underneath the car there may be
many places that require oil through
'mall cups, oil holes, etc. While some
manufacturers are so far behind as TO
continue TO use oil holes In exposed
'laces, the owner of car using them
mould not let them became filed with
lirt. II owned car with exposed oil
loles on cross shafts and other parts
would have a mechanic install auto
natic feed oil cups.
Universal joints at best are hard TO
Intricate. and even II covered with a
Gather boot are not proof against the
avages of dirt and mud. The more
irt that you allow TO accumulate
round these parts the more dirt will
ct to the working surfaces. )