Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1925, Page 61

KEEP@UN SHAPPShould Know All Marks Reduces Thinning, Bureau of Standards Experts Deter- mine by Series of Tests. tion are urged to know every mark and scratch on thelr cars and toadd a | few “private” marks in order to foll the operations of thieves. Although almost every part of the automobile bears the factory serfal number, au- | tomobile thieves have found a way to nullify these marks and numbers as means of identification by the owner. Automobile thievery has been de- veloped to the point where two or more cars of the .same make are stolen and the numbers on the vari- ous units switched about from one Hot jacket water fn automobile én- ines helps reduce the thinning of the lubricating _oll, according to -te made by Bureau of Standards perts. In a cool cylinder, it is plained, the fuel is _only partially vaporized, and the unvaporized gaso- line does not burn Instead. 1t re- mains in the eylinder and mixes with | the ofl, and is carried into_the lubri- | cating system of the engine. After 2 (o ano S & whils the oll becomes o diluted that | ¢ 4" proer obliterated or changed o its lubricating value is seriously im-|jess from the standpoint of identifica- paired, and it has to be replaced. |ijon by the rightful owner. “Dilution may also be iessened by | T that. catnobine high temperatures in the crank case | ctory,” explained oil, as heat tends to separate the|jy H F t of the Buick gasoline from the oil” reads a state- { Motor milarly, it cennot be ment issued by the bureau. “The 1085 | controlled by the owner. But there Automobile owners in self-protec- —and for this THE SUNDAY. STAR, WASHINGTON, 1. C. MARCH 8, THWARTING O HOT WATERHELPS ™*'57" 0 Stoor cir owstrs Useful in Identification, i Make Note of Factory Serial Number and Add Unique Private Markings. reason the cwner should place himseif in position te positively identify it if it is ever stolen. It should not be left for somebody else ¢o do. “If each individual automobile own- er were to put the above suggestions into practice, it would be greatly ap- preciated by the authorities and make it much easier for them to bring the culprits to justice.” ADVISED TO STUDY ROADS. When there is a choice of and you travel over the given terri- tory constantly, endeavor to find out which road is better for your car. It there is no choice, the car can usu- roads ally be spared somewhat by carrying | less air in the tires. May injure the rubber, but the car is paramount when it comes to saving. ENGINE CONDITION TEST. Crank With Ignition Off Is Advice to Motorists. The condition of an engine is best demonstrated by the compression of its oylinders. To make this test-it is only necessary to crank the engine with the ignition off. There should be uniform resistance in each cylin- der. 'C cold -engine should have less compression than a hot one, for the reason that the piston rings haven't hed time to expand and hold their compression. . But If a cylinder or two are weak wheén warm, the chances are that the valves .are mnot seating. . properly, doubtless due to too little clearance at the tappets. If you find any dim- culty in telling one cylinder's action from another, open the pet cocks for all the cylinders except the one being tested. Noise of Old Engine. Much of the noise that comes from an old engine can be attributed to the water pump, gemerator, ‘distributor and other accessories to the engine. 1f the engine is to be overhauled a tew dollars’ worth of pafts to replace worn parts of these accessories is in- variably a valuable, but often neg- Motorist Warned To Assure Himself “Signals” Are Seen| | Trafic officers sometimes make | mistakes and often fail to catch the motorist’s signals, but it's risky busi- ness to assume that the officer doesn’t “get you’ In some cities the regu- lations are that at certain hours of the day traffic shall be kept off cer- tain streets, with the result’that the officers are’ forged to say, “Go this way” when they know perfectly well that you want to go straight ahead. Frequently the persistency of the officer In directing you where you don’t want to go is a gentle hint that what ybou want to do is for- bidden. « So if the officer seems to ignore your slgnals, better go his way. : It is.usnally the way of a law you a ot familiar with. Before You Buy—See STUDEBAKER for your pocketboak’s sake of efficiency accon this di tion may be extrem a very small portion of the gasoline fed to the engine is required to pro- | duce serious dilution “Everything po-stble should be done to reduce the time required to warm up the engine in g, as dilu- tion has been found to much more T 1 than after its operat ing, the as much and much of the p into the oil urned gasoline engine, od of use and Tests made by shown that crank-ca: greatest drawbrek the volatility of gasoline, For sev- eral years the bureau has been en gaged in a seriesof tests to determin the effect of such a change on engine performance, ‘and has found that when orce warmed up -en using the less volatile as many miles to the sing the grade obtaina vears ago The reason for such a change, it is explained, is portion of gasc from a gi the volatll allon as Organ Player for 60 Years. Correspondence of the Associated P LONDON, February 11.—Mary Cope has played the organ at Holy Trinity Church, in London, for 60 years. Dur- ing all this time she has missed only two Sundays, once on account of ill- ness and once because a London fog was s0 dense ghe could not find the church edifice, Parking Against Curb. To park the car at an angle to the curb in such a way that the machine is near enough without actually rest- ing on the right front tire it is only necessary to drive up slowly until the machine touches the curb and then back off a couple of inches be- fore setting the brakes Shown by Motors Nearing Corners A car coming from the right at a| street intersection will alway, r than it actu ical illusion, pre action of yours and the llow's car arriving at the pe a “traffic wedge” at the same time. As the cars near the polnt of this > they seem to increase in speed, as o matter of fact they may be slowing down When meeting ‘2 car under such circumstances it is best to be guided Ly the illusion and slow down ac- cordingly, but if caught in a situation where you are too late to ayoid a collision by stopping it is well to know that the other car is not travel- ing as fast as it seems and that y can reach the crossing safe speeding up a littl - |is & way for the owner to get around | soon know every peculiar marking on Dilution also. is | 5o S| number and will have to apply to the | o |identity the car as it passes on the - | own property, He can put some private marks |in obscure places on his car where ¥ will not be likely to be detected, or if detected will not be regarded seriously by the thief. des Carelexs Owners. her 0Gd that the av- ar owner is so sadly ng in means of identifying his If he bought a horse he would that horse. He could tell you the pe- markings on his pet dog, hing about his penknife, his h or any other of his personal | culiar But his automobile Is a different | stor He knows it is a five-passen- | ger car. made in such and such | year, along with perhape & hundred | | thousanda other cars of the same| | model. But after descridbing its top. | vindshield, dash equipment,. extra | ires and so on, he hasn't given the| police a single tangible olew that | would distingulsh his car from many | [others of the same - model. The | | chances are he has even lost the car | | dealer for it “The first thing to do. if possible; is to tell the police something that will street in case there is something {about its outward appearance to dis- tinguish it. The second thing is to | tell them the location of some private marks that will identify positively the car in addition to the assembly numbers in case any of ‘them have been changed. “A private mark to be a private mark must be unique. It must be different from the mark on any other fcar of the same make, otherwise it |is not a positive means of identifica- tion.. With a production of 200,000 cars a vear it would be necessary for the manufacturer to devise 200,000 separate and distinct marks, keep a record of them all, advise each indi- vidual owner what the marks were |and where to find them. This is so | far out of the question that it will not be necessary to discuss it “On the other hand. if a system of | | this_kind were adopted the thieves | would not be long in becoming en-| | tirely familiar with it, when it would ately served its useful- | the numerous factory | serial numbers have doné to date. | Good Lock a Necessity. “Every automobile should be equip- ped with a good lock of some deserip- tion, but it should also be remem- bered that even a lock can be dis- |posed of if the thief has time enough “It all simmers down to the fact that the owner should be the most | interested person in protecting his and he is really the| | only one who can devise an absolute- ly distinctive means of identifying his car that nobody else will be fa- miliar with. t will not take much time to put such marks on his car in obscure places and in such a manner that they cannot be readily removed, and the time thus spent will be a wonder®, fully good investment 1if. the occs- sion ever arises when they will be | needed “A motor car is a valuable piece of property—more valuable, perhaps, er movab 3 ion of the a 25 cebeu Design and Construction - Safeguard the Owner’s Investment American business has bought more than 100,000 Speed ‘Wagons, to serve in every class of commercial haulage, because the Speed Wagon is fundamentally sound in vital elements: ‘The Speed Wagon is the most economical 2500-pound com- mercial car in the world, accord- ing to initial investment, price per pound pay-load, per horse power or any other basis of computing relative values. THE TREW MOTOR CO., Inc. No other vehicle combines so “much power and ruggedness pound chassisweight,is socapable easy owner-attention, nor is so widely backed by service faciliti The Speed Wagon makes hur- ried travel safe on highway routes or on city streets. The stability of Reo as an insti- tution guarantees the perman- ence of the Speed Wagon, thereby insuring the maximum e or trade-in value. JOSEPH B. TREW, Pres. 1509-1511 14th St., N.W. Open Evenings Uh;til 9 ~ As Utterly Different In : Results Now AsaYear Ago To the best of our knowledge there had never been a 3.inch motor capable of producing 68 horse-power, a speed of 70 miles an hour, with gasoline economy safe- ly over 20 miles to the gallon, until the Chrysler Six arrived on the market last year. There is no other today. That is what scientific engineering in the way of per- fected gas distribution, special combustion ¢ s and heat distribution does for the Chrysler Six. 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