Evening star., 1952-02-24
Give Your Cor . Break
When You Head South
For q Winter Vacation

It used TO be the summer motor
tour that brought motorists face
TO face with some specific prob
lens in preparedness, but now 1t
Is more likely to be the winter
tour.
The popularity Of cold-weather
vacations by automobile to the
South has come into the picture
without more than passing con-
sideration for the special needs
Of the car.
It explains why 30 many mo.
torists who head South In winter
run into serious motor trouble.
Often they run out Of oil because
the engine Is allowed TO operate
on winter grades Of lubricant
when suddenly switching into
warm weather.
II explains why there "a 30 mitch
trouble with the cooling system;
90 many "0dd" things happeh-
ing both en- foute OF while In The
South. The winter tourist feffiefaa
befs TO take aiehs his summer
t6es but somehow fefsets that the
ear might appreciate something
similar In The way OF foresight
Many tourists are puzzled ai1H
hually by the marked drop In Gas
mileage when In the South, not
fealiBlHg that continued parking
In the hot suF results In excessive
fuel evaporation The shade OF
0 nee Weuld save ON extra aalieR
here and there
In addition, there are the iHs
creased read speeds In the South
A car that dees a nice 30 miles
10 the aallen Az 40 miles on hour
Will drop 10 ID AT 90 ana 10 At TO-
AHllrFEeeEe q Problem,
Because OF many chilly nights
on route 10 vAeatlenlAnd, II Ia nee-
eaAAry 10 leave antl-freeae In tho
p00lIng system for Ak least part
OF the trip South, ! this Ia Aleo.
hol II would be we'll 10 drain II
OH iuht AA A00n aA temperatures
are safely above freeEina,
In the ease OF ethylene glyeel
Anti.fFeaAe, which has been In.
stalled OF greater expense, this
should DO left In, but the tourist
should make several checks, Not
oil the ethyiene glyeel solution
has been too effectively treated Tor
protection against seamiRg, 90 II
would be we'll TO note II solution
IA being Lost when the ear ID driven
at sustained high speeds, Foam.
ING retards circulation, causing
solution TO 90 out the overflow,
Since 10 many OF the newer cars
have pressure caps this loss Ia
held 10 q minimum except when
foafainG becomes excessive, TO
avoid unnecessary losses II 10 well
not 10 remove the pressure cap
while the engine Ia hot, DO the
checking In the morning,
II there Ia evidence OF foAming
and u the engine In showing any
tendency TO overhead, better get
rid OF the antitreege, However,
this permanent type has o boiling
point higher than water and Ia,
therefore, better than water for
hot climates, assuming II does not
leak or foam or seep out.
Overheating may, OF course, be
due 10 slippage Of the fan belt.
Or the motor thefynostat may not
fully open. Clutch slippage may
be O factor at higher road speeds,
especially II the car 10 heavily
loaded. Brake drag Is another
heating factor.
Temperatures affect inferior
grades OF brake fluid, and one of
the indications Of this Is q marked
difference In the feel" Of the
brakes when the car goes from
cold to hot weather. or vice versa,
Inferior fluid also causes disinte-
grafton Of the rubber parts Of the
hraking system, these bits OF ma.
terials then clogging the compen-
sating portion Of the master
cylinder. Many a tourist who has
found the brakes applying them.
selves learned to his sorrow the
great risk in not being particular
as to what kind Of fluid is added
10 the master cylinder.
Because the winter vacation 10
tackled In festive mood, and travel