Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
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Don't Race An Enuine

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Don't Race An Engine
Racing an engine to get 1t warmed
up on a cold morning and running
with open choke are two of the high
crimes of motoring which are cost
ing car owners millions of dollars
annually. When the engine is cold
the oil in it is more or less CONCEAL
ed and, for several minutes after the
start, many of the parts are rub
bling against each other practically
without fabrication, highly danger
Gus condition for cylinder walls, pis-
tons, bearings and other expensive
parts.
Somewhat the same situation is
produced by running it with the
choke open. In this case the CYL
inders receive an overabundance of
raw gasoline which works down past
the pistons, taking much of the
lubricating oil with it and forming
in the crankcase a weak, watery
mixture which has little lubricating
value. The remedy for both these
ills is to run the engine slowly with
the spark retarded and radiator
shutter closed in the garage for five
or six minutes before starting out.
But be sure that the windows and
the doors of the garage are open.
Deaths from the carbon monoXide
poisoning of automobile eXhausrs
are increasing annually and are
totally unnecessary and easily avoid
able.
A Good Investment
To have your service station pre-
pare your car for the winter will
cost a very few dollars but will re-
turn to you a great many dollars in
satisfactory winter motoring and in
the avoidance of the damage which
! carelessness causes at this time of
year. A cleaning and winter adjust
ment of the carburetor, the installa-
| ton of an automatic or hand operat-
ed radiator shutter if your car is
not equipped with one, complete
cleaning out of the water system
before the anti-freeze solution is put
! in and of the crankcase before the
I lighter grade of oil is put in for win
| ter use, a cleaning of the spark
| plugs. the oil purifier, the distrib-
utor and the gasoline tank and the
! fuel lines are some of the mex
| pensive things that should be done
| IN order to secure placid and
trouble-free winter driving. On ac-
count of the greater number of cold
starts in winter the oil should be
completely changed every 500 miles,
even in most of the cars equipped
! with thermostatic water control, oil
hlters and crankcase ventilation sys-
tens.
| The battery will make a lot of
trouble for you in Winter if YOU
| abuse 1t. Starting more frequently
In Winter and using the lights more
makes the battery work overtime.
The water should be kept constantly
at the proper level and the battery
should be kept charged, to avoid its
freezing or quitting cold some night
when You least expect it and when
1t is most inconvenient.
! If You have high regard for
your car you will find that it pays
handsomely to leave it in the garage
when the roads are full of jagged ice
and deep frozen ruts and to use a
| tax1-cab for our necessary errands,
| Winter is a particularly hard time
Tor tires and driving them at high
| speed over sharp ice and ruts costs
a lot of money. You know probably
that wet rubber cuts more easily
| than dry rubber and that a weekly
| inspection of the tires should be
made and all small cuts and scratch
es f1lled with rubber cement. Tires
are lot better than they used to be
but even the best of them can have
thousands of miles of service taken
out by careless treatment in winter.
Proper tire imitation becomes es-
pecially important in the cold sea
son.
A garage heater to take the chill
of the car, an easily installed ton
neau heater to keep your passenger
comfortable, lap robes, foot warm
ers, automatic windshield wipers
with double blades, radiator anti
| leak solutions. spring covers, winter
tops for open cars and most i'm
portant. loosely applied skid chains
| for slippery days are all things to