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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. NOVEMBER 1. 1925—PART /VIOTORS and r AUTO’S SERIOUS ILLS MOTORISTS PREPARING ARE EASILY PREVENTABLE | e r————e———————— FOR LONG, COLD WINTER | Sudden Development of Major Maladies| g ‘ . 1ok e k]| o g C St S TN New Ideas on Radiator Heating, Oil May Be Thwarted by Slight Attention ' = e | kel ¥ e L Flow and Brake Care Make Season to Early Sy s o BT L it , L g el ' Less Formidable. BY FREDERICK €. RUSSELL. veach a conclusion by a safe route o i s 1 ; S R 3 2 e A | BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. | must be sufficient to provide for maxi. evide at if pleces of car > r s g # E S 2 o _, | mum expansion. Expansion in cold Automobiles, like human beinss, N itea atasaite soatl | ) 5 b < 7 Predictions of meteorologists that | \wodty S0 Ciols . FEP5ec 0 the frequently develc the most serious p » valve that valve will not | - < . & % kg P i o > % 5 a long, cold Winter is approaching are | car owner is taking advantage of this afiments e SiEhtc 3 thus allowing an escape | ¢ 1 ¢ ; ¥ . ; s being taken by motorlsts as a warn-| gact, go that he may be assured of © intake manifold for the 3 b R 3 - 4 % Ing to get down to brass tacks on |, guick stop when necessary. This ¥ vhen compression commen e o e e ‘¥ 4 2% : f¥ cold-weather matters. applies to wo-wheel as well as four- rbon around the exhaust valve will| 5 78 s e b s R { Realizing that this season of the|wheel brakes >articular attention offer just as good an escape, the only | ® g - ¥ TR & vear, above all others, is hostile to|is directed to braking systems not difference being that the gas vapor | . PuT | 4 1 » motoring, car owners are beginning | provided with shields. When brakes through the exhaust and | 3 & 4 f i ‘ 15 to fortify themselves against Winter | are of the non,protected, external, nts ble loss. It can > & . ' worries.” A number of time-honored | contracting type, water from the 1 in the same 2 5 % % . o - A % @ | customs are being discarded for new | slushy streets easily finds its way to : . practices, new ideas and more mod- |the space between ke drum and is also evident that if either one Y o 3 = 1) e ; > " 3 pment, wit view to avold-{ band. Closer adj ents help to of these valves happens to stick open X , g 5t F » { | ins costly mistakes in previous Win- | keep out the water, while the prac dur the nking process the ¥ % 3 . b5 Yoy ~ . o = 7 ¥ ers. _ | tice of applying the brakes while rapidly, thus reduc. 3 by S, - - s - : f | More attention is being given to|driving through puddles helps to keep ion to « point where [ 4 ; ng climatic conditions here | them up to their customary efficfency. veling upward on fes . . . : s been a tendency heretofore among | One difficulty in maintaining prope ce, will show scarcely 3§ ; 2 ; * y #] | car owners to follow too much set |engine temperature in cold weather not this - rules for Winter driving, with the re- | has L iver's habit of placing ¢an be determined by re-| < 2 3 s | sult that many have pursued wrong h re re he radiator valve cover plates and | Pt # > " > e f short of maximum hing too valve stems. | . 5 i P: 2 y Too often dampness i tuatio: er is under | 5 ¥ 7 | has be for 1 tempera- | More motorists now both valves should be | ture, and the engin vided with | themselves with indicat position in which there { too much protection for its own good. | the temperature of t o 1o notleeable clearance be 1ng on engine oil in the | Drivers w v ths ve tappets and e i vners of cars in lo- | m ) temperature bl ol weather s ratlier than a guide to the condition 50-50 nature rifiers and oil rectifiers have 1 half regular y sistance to the motor | transmission grease. |ist. The ¢ devices have focused r of crankcd ne the hood brea Clearance Normal. n engine that has had| il mont > i . " 1 poond : . 2 ; Covers Being Discarded. siting card or t . L E ] Hood and radiator ceves book for ¢ 5 1 f good it Motor's fronts sub- | mischief to radia- | bu oy e ot the Lous e 1 because gaso. 1 the opin ice ex- | line : he't and = f by boi Z o t as it is ance wi ! u done ¢ ate fronts « de! b see 1o nd satisfactory the power the cirb and the street car loading platform in Twelfth and Thirteenth streets northwest, at F . Traflic | tentio yumber of points hich | ture driving. authorities believe the pict i cessary X ] “ociated previously with No Set Oil Rules. the narrowed roadway. : - i i 4 ; e B 5 U ruics or ol vene s ) ¢ ) i s ¢ ps e 2 ol 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ b t « t 1 n comy ely upset the delicate b 5 20 3 GEEE TONE SuEh tas | presios wien cre 5 Bt Gone i€ e PLATFORMS IS HELD NECESSARY |t 'rson s o £ Sy i | s’ e, e doiis Wt | e, S5 e Suer e, 0 b to any cc o regary R s 3 contracted parts are likely to m determination t 4 2r 10| the owner. Valves that show too have his serva ) uum | clearance when loading e condition of e p! 1 £ r round t is the 1 - of it. He cannot n i 3 i ala th g it o % & the city, mar )ps, it ma: y 1 ke ) 3 E 3 g about the 4 form. t 2 a | ficult ani asla Howe: g be ready for oil re 1 if it has be e . . 3 . engine itself in the process. Ar View—Double Parking Also De- | t ; In the case e bile e 1 ¢ t do this is worth tr: = c fety Motorists are bearing in mi 00, 8 her rule is Dt by o = 2 : we, but once every thous: clared Handicap to Traffic. | form beyond Tw e that, wit ny of the mai ! 3 ¥ up to par and This tests for « i lls for a little (Copyright, 19251 _ st 0 E ] et e n. | depend an index of the > rk_rather than physical 7 . . - side | Bult s a | g t : or priming. W gas va f 1 1 N 3 a fa s - 2 of pa s beside street) automobiles parked at the curb beside | SUlt s | radiators, ther when t tc are in pr o us say, s rar log atforms and abreast of | t o Too - o c a I one can t on | t 1 e may —— much of the traffic congestion and the asxe. oy o Lspace tost fs ex of ¥ of the e les f the n s which_result from_crowded engine to keep the 1por stric : ankease. | Advantages and Disadvantages of | in the opinion of District ‘ System Are Shown. traffic officials. To illustrate the situation which re. sults from blocking streets by parl machines, a Star phot the accompanving pic i spark plugs ¥ than those 0il Consumption Grows ! : use such Moller n until he f the ‘ has Kept records of |8 Dractice may be simply a means of | &0 (T When compres- | supplies purc | inviting crankcase dilutior the he first comment of Col. Molle; vlinders and 1ow |if this condit sticking of valves. The motorist, | that the photograph constituted *“con in others he sh o R his oil consumption has increased | however, should decide the matter for | cjygjve evidence” that the prohibition cause. It is just as t ep o little. There may also be undue | himself, ‘since it is admitted now that | of parking beside loading 1 breather” should sudde smoking either from the exhaust or |If neither crankcase dilution nor ary for public safety. tendency to be short of bLr breather tal * both. There may | Sticky valves follow the plan has its | jon was that the picture presented an |be a piston s e 5 merits. If it makes sta N0 | excellent opportunity for studying sev- It so. | easier, it is ign that the r f h are created » importan r t ch th at_his cvlinders | are not tight t the extra ¥ vding the streets and slowing P o shori . in any case t rsi ¥ lenses and leaks flic. He viewed the photograph eeded. But if, ¢ ¥ se. If the en-|as having especlal value in that it sion for eve ) i . no such symptoms are ob. e 3 3 sure | was not taken when the flow of traffic | Silon s S bie Le o justi suspecting | z was at its height, but at a time when car own otice that o 1 % lly speaking, the rerage volume. glnes show a rathey wide varia : ot E s very | plan is more successful with valve- | h ture strikes me as conclu- Tact this tos b with in: o spar iz | in-head motors, but experience ma e ¢ c bad traflic situa- that most engines could pr £ being inspected is tight | show that it can be equally suc- | tion “ol. Moller. “At first Sbit of tunine uh, Tacking wcloathe | the respective pet cock does | cessful wi engines of the|glance, It is apparent that the move- equipment, the motorist is forced to ) . To make the test without | ; ment of traffic is hampered by the fest by the “feel” of the. crank: h - : Chrysler Four gives results not i s fof the. Semective s . ~ Chrysler Four justly merits the found combined in cars of any der being tesied, but If he soex over . N tremendous popularity it has type even beyond it in price. hETeE o How can any maker Q. T b As distinctive as its performance e add more than 100 : In sustained high speeds—in iy beauty s0 advanced that eing tested it 14 possible o feel | improvements to a R pliability of power—in economy pular dest fii"fi’fif;fffi: ’]K 1 . 1.;,:'[ ,:M'( now “‘M:} pr:duct already un- & —in durability and in freedom }:oheflmgly, sweeps towards b il e e e | matched in perform- “from mechanical attention 4 reveal high compression (ax compared | e ; which result from high quality ~Your nearest Chrysler dealer is Po conaifiored 1o condl o y appearance and i boiconsiasted) & Value=—andiat the of design, materials and work- eager to give you this ride that e e e same time lower manship—in ease of handling— proves why the Chrysler is the e 3 | prices 570 to $3501 TN and most emphatically inriding Favored Four among tens of 3 | » steadiness and comfort—the thousands of owners. NOTICE! . : gy ] : ORiNe S e That is the question which is bringing motor car Service Station, now located at | buyers everywhere flocking to Oakland salesrooms. 22nd and M Sts., will move to That is the question which puzzles them more and 17th & V Sts. N.W. more after they see and drive this car. S A Jeemas focanll The answer is, Oakland and General Motors deter- e ! mined to lift the New Oakland Six to unexampled Flint and Gardner a Specialty i e [ heights of value and dedicated all their resources to ‘ T.J. CAMFIELD | this purpose, knowing that the reward would equal i CHRYSLER FOUR=Taeis . Sy b Cote the achievement. $o05 Coach, $ious; Sedem, Yoo Hdrau T e L Now, with Oakland sales mounting week after week ey sfifi?fi‘mflffl‘ i s As EBONITE “Strings"" o a Sck, to new high levels, it is competition that asks—“How . 31865, Imperial, Siopsy Croun Imperial, Soons. Around the Gears can Oakland do it?” Allpricaf.o.b.Deevte, abiac 0 curronc Fedorsl excis tax. : whwflacm'hihmflon# All A Roadster . . .% 975 (Old Price . . #1095) e e EBONITE is the ideal Teo.chow‘c.' i ::;2 Egg grfce {2(1;2; R SBONITE fs the ideal gear S s 'rice e "",.,”'“.fi o | Landau Coupe . — 2813 Price . . 129 A e e el e Ay et Landau Sedan . 1295 (Old Price . . 1645) Famper’ 1545) Be'iered or removed withort conchuatvs =vidence ¢ i 5 All prices at factory. Gemeral Metors Time Payment Rates, heretofore the lowest in the dens (I Tna induery, have been made sill lower. You can mow save as much o 540 e $60 1 Jour time paymen: costs. Words count for little. Try E ADAMS MOTOR CO. Buy with your mind made ' DISTRIBUTOR sp. Demand FEBONITE. 2015 Fourteenth St. N.W. Take no substitute. ” b 1ith_St. Branch SERVICE STATION At dealers in five-pound cans, 1612 14th §t. N.W. Phone Pot. 1742 1701 Kalorama Rd. N.W. Tvice stations from WINNING AND HOLDING GOOD WILL KLAN D S I X : H. B. LEARY, JR., & BROS. e SHREODED OIL) 1612 You St. Branch Salesroom—Connecticut Ave. and Q St. North 4296 FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND REAR AXLES B> 55372 /) PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS () Eoec S T BAYLRSON DILWORKS M) 5229 1 was shown assistant director