Evening star., 1924-04-06
No, 4O--one Cold Morning.

1t was one of those cold mornings
when the furnace doesn't seem to
want to cooperate. Such days are
the rule in certain parts of the coun-
Try and quite the exception in 9TH
ers. but regardless of where the mo-
torist happens to live or be travel
ing, he is likely to get few of them
in the course of his experience.
l could see by Smiths expression
as he passed the house on the way to
the garage that he doubted the ad-
visibility of taking the car out until
the weather moderated. 1t was his
first experience with zero motoring.
| decided to follow him and see if l
could be of any assistance.
When l reached the garage l found
him askiE the garage man for some
high test gasoline.
What do ycu want that for?" l
asked
I've got to prime the engine he
explained.
Smith Wrong Again.
1T isn't necessary to prime any
modern engine if the controls are
working properly" I retorted. Then.
after raising the hood of his car |
added: You have simply flooded the
carhureter. The cylinders are filled
with so much raw gasoline that they
won't fire. How do you think you
are going to help matters by pouring
some more gasoline in through the
pet cocks. If you will wait a few
minutes until some of the gasoline
evaporates and leaks down past the
pistons, I'll show you how to start
right off
In the first place, you should
| have poured some hot water into the
radiator before trying to start the
engine. Some motorists pour hot
water over the intake manifold, too.
but ! wouldn't advise doing that un-
til you have tried everything else,
! because the water is likely to get
into the carbuTetor or spill over the
terminals of the distributor.
Hot water in the radiator, OF
; course, helps, and since you usually
put water in anyway. you might as
well make matters easier by using
hot water. But if you are careful to
have. the choker button all the way
out and the throttle fairly wide open.
/ the engine ought to start with few
turns. If for any reason il fails to
do so, stop cranking Immediately. al
low the gasoline in the cylinders to
! evapordte bit, examine the choker
to see that il actually does choke on
, the air to the carburetor and then
crank again"
Gets Motor started.
Smith followed this plan and found
that the motor started. The next
thing was To keep it going. 1t was
only just little above. freezing in
the garage and / knew that when he
opened the doors u blast of cold air
would present new difficulties.
Now let the motor run a while to
warm up" l suggested. In weather
like this. it is necessary to choke for
you are simply warming up the
motor. 1t is better to push in the
choker and pull it out for an instant
! when the motor threatens to stall
rather than. to let the engine run
with the choker set a a halfway posi-
ion. 1t will save gas. Also, if you
, will retard the spark, the engine will
warm up much quicker. 1t is never
a good plan to race the engine. espe-
cially when the oil in the crank case
is cold and partially congealed.
The main trouble you will have
when you reach the street is that
the drop in temperature will chill
the intake manifold and cause the
You will find it practical to shift
into second while YOU. are passing
through the garage doors and run
along in that speed for a few blocks
warmed up. 1t is much more
economical than trying to run in
high right away, because to do that
at all, you would have to choke the
carburetor continually and thus waste
gas"
To Start Promptly.
Smith wanted to know what he
should do to start the car promptly
after it had been standing in the
cold for awhile.
IF you will pull out the choker for
an instant just before, shutting off
the engine when you stop" | sug-
gestcd, "a few of the cylinders will
fill up with gas. When you go to