Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1923, Page 63

——————— | NEW ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON. [t sageine enine pas xe pen| T Trath T | must represent a decrease| The habii of using the engine and iz TR it ALL CARS SERVICE TIRE CO. 1336 14th St. N.W. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGI in its quality. |, That the exhaust gases often reveal the condition of the motor? An ex- |cesllvely rich mixture will produce black smoke from the exhaust. if the pistons are pumping oil the gases will be bluish white In color. Steam coming constantly from the exhaust indicates a water leak into one or more cylinders, due to a cracked cyl- inder head gasket or loose cylinder ihead studs. Be careful not to econ- | fuse this condition with steam from condensatiébn which frequently ap- cluteh as a brake when waiting for | traflic to proceed uphill is very com- mon and very fnjurious to the car in general. The driver leaves the car in low gear, but rather than take his foot off the uccelerator to hold the cer with the brake he engages the cluteh just enough to make the en- gine keep the car stationary. In a | case of this sort the sensibie thing | to do is to keep one foot on the serv- | ico brake and feed gas from the hand | throttls, letting in the clutch while | pears when thé car has been standing | releasing the brake ay trafic starts in the cold. moving. : 1 It is bad policy when driving in con- | LECTURE Any garage mechanic will AND sestion to tollow in any way but in 4 ! > straight line n e oar ahead. ES I the engine's oll supply ever runs| If YOur car is In & staggered position tell you that the Hupmeo- Movl !Inw. and there s no fresh ofl l\-ni]-‘;lhfl! "‘»i'm"&"é.’"“n'."’“' fe'm’eri'. m. a reat able, the driver is justified in trying reotly ny e other car's ar '. to 1fmp to & garage by diluting the | left—there (s likely to be two bent 8 car. The FOR ofl with water. Oll floats on water, | fenders and a lot of inconvenience When 0il "Runs Low. downright enthusiasm of these men for the Hupmeo- bile is an cutstanding fact from coast to coast,~and it is one of the most signi- ficant developments in the automobile industry. which means that when ‘the mixture | if the man behind happens to be day t« pumped to the oil troughs the dip- | draaming and runs into you, shoving pers at the ends 6f the connecting|You ahead suddenly. Because you are rods will pick up the oil which floats | a little out of line onc of your rear Jon the ton. This Will often enable |fenders may also get jammed. By jthe engine to continue running. | Keeping in line, however, the bump+ | Without the water the oil would not | ers and &pare tires are in & position {be suficient to go the rounds of the|to ease the shock and prevent ma- system. thus leaving some vital spots | teria) damage. witho * sort of lubricant at all.| (Copright, 1023, by Ullman Feature Service.) g MOTORISTS “Essentials for Owners to Know” Lecture Hall American Motor Schools 1612-1622 You St. N.W. Monday, March 19, 8 P.M. & i NEW FOUR-DOOR FORD SEDAN. The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. ,approximately 17 per cent Deduct- Ing 7 per cent for the fuel required | this leaves a | case in gas- nean that the new ¢ lerease in gasoline consumption was | i & consumption | motortsts wasted | Bas in 1922 New and Reduced Prices Effective January First EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN | the improve- | | ment In engines for e purpo: » of riving better gu leage, one is in- | | lcular as the improvement in Your Buick automobile will give the greatest possi- ble return on the investment only providing it is given care and attention. Those folks who pre race will demenerate ifor luck of walking t that the likely weaklings | isn't E 2 « more wasteful. Re- m to forget 1 b T that (o date no one has Invented & guwrer, but that's only ha | nelf-changing tire, tle, “The motorist wants the engine t | Auto Show Space 33 Sterrett & Fleming, Inc. are evere and stored for sev- that the automobile comes from quality—not bile We are ready at all times to be of what assistance urchase price. Silvere Impaired Gray Matter. run like a watch immediately after |i% belng used more extensive & £ A % hi vr never been i p,, 7 i # the valves have been ground in Its | ever before The 10 per cent increase we may in seeing that your car returns the proper Champlain St. and Kalorama Road towns ha e | In an cffort to put a ban on in-| Ll RIS 0 e “aimply by making | 1B sxe -:ur;!umpli.on looks like a step | divid s Branch Salesroom, 1223 Conn. Ave. excelled for quality —so | competent automobile operators a 10t |3 good job of the regrinding and | ! the right direction | ends. } North 5050 naturally they are the 1of interes to light ) may serve to prove most economical. 1 that a driver Is not to be denie SERVICE TIRE CO. {privilege of operating a moto . W. Rundlets, Prop. hicle it certain impaired 1336 14th St. N.W. Reading Club of ington has sent resolutions t 3 doors below R, L Ave.) rafc bureau declaring that the . oodrich ! igan and Ohio (whero | ! n LASS" ws do not bar the deaf) -} Silvertow | boos FOR WINDSHIELDS OR_BODIES. T AUTO G aranto & Wasman a e to examin 1017 NEW YORK AVE. X.W. | each driver who com T— : tol to make out an information is coming |setting the tappets with the very ! minimum eclearance, but it doesn’t pay in the long run The hard part he job is explainin’ this to th Did You Know— That the oil indicator can be used s an index of the quality of the oil | the crankcase as well as the quan- | 7 Always note the level of the | tor when the crank refilled with fresh oil. STANLEY H. HORNER s Retail Dealer ¢ 1015 14th St. N.W. grindin’ in the valves the alwayvs be run a few days| h the tappets rather loosely ad- This givex the valve heads| to get smated properly ust the e lubricant I tity through dil It may | o the work all ov, ley can see that si —for the repair man.’ Observations. g. but a lot of y gone salesmen could be | ndously useful in thawing out | en radiato i he odd fact about an automobile | Dring is that it falls hardest in win- | | lent division of th department has cident report Significant Figures. Twa results of last year's motoring oo significant. The increase {ons over 1921 represented { defects. [ was revealed, iwere found to lLave excellent vision. of which leads one to con impaired gray matter is P to be locked into. A man ldrives a motor car needs a sixth sense, commonly known as “automo- | ile sense;” and there is nothing to | prove that the man who has im paired vislon or hearing necessarily | lacks it. The 0l1d li;chanio Says: “Motorists have got silence on the | braln. The new cars are so quiet in operation that all I hear from mor till night ts, ‘Say. can't you slle this engine so it 1 run like new one” I tell ‘em that 7b cent of the noise from a is due to loose tappets, too closely adjusted tappets, warped valves, worn ends of the tappets or the rollers, 1 mean that most of the trouble—the nolse—originates in the valve compartment. Worn timing gears or various units along the ac- cessory shaft of the engine may cause nolse, but usually only when the engine is old. 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