Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1926, Page 75

AUTODESIENHELD WELL ESTABLISHED {Tendency to Retain Present Styles Is Outlined by Cadillac Engineer. Risk 1s Faced When Running in Second To Save the Engine Le true that it pays to few blocks “second” when the car has It may run a heen standi but it's vel mistuke easy to make the ining the trans- eagerness 1o st your " the engine ! The grease in the trans- sion will be like molasses, so it the car is run at too high a speed in second when cold there will be excessive wear between the second speed and its mate on the Further development of the era dur. ing which motorists will receive more veal value, due to present intense en- gineering competition and the elimina- tion of misdirected experimentation, ween by Ernest W. holm, chief en gineer of the Cadillac Motor € “The subject o tonger in its infa which lines of in resuits valug INSPECT THE CARBON. Good Rule in Determining if Pre- ignition Causes Knocking. 3 ‘We have learned will yield nd which holm. S " Since a carbon knock can be the result of preignition by the heated carbon particles or by the increased sanbutaciarers will to continge | compression caused by the reduction slished lines, to sim- | in eylinder space through the PO | cumulation of carbon, it sometimes | is worth while to fi i bon is producing the knock. ance, if, while the engine is steep hill can be climbed with Kk fully vanced and the dications are that Thon is not 3 ne involy bon has te Iy new and as vet und; ciple of auto desizn.” “the tendency amons substantial \long already est: ac plify present Present Era Competitiv everyhody real highly competitive dounding to the b R Well known 1 establishing a_sou * dependabilit Mo Iy realize that ti ctual value und procedure resent lines make a greater than would be possible : radically new and de srinciples which have preignition. become incandess tion will oecur hand, the knock begins when the engine is started, carbon simply has wression beyond the point and. Then it should are receiv- than along wppeal 1f, the P to the public with someth parting fron proved ul. “Unde conditions, improve- | weil educa ment and refinement resulting in the [value in a car. best of scrvice being offered period b and advine who gi design and in manufucturing methods | dollar invest i retain leadership wre resulting in owners receiving |in their respective classe vehicles which will give the best serv situution has also substantial- | nd the greatest nged the cl engineer- that the Tty d. W ed in what constitutes real and in this hiz om only those e incr g d t able to turn their gineers are § inism | tention to simplifying the meel i and to produciig ater value in per- | formance and _durability without in- | creasing costs.” I vested in consistently in the past obtained, and is sull ob ning, greater value in return. “The motor-driving public is today rators woul present-day motoring. discovering how last longer. coming to recognize the impol of driving in this conaection. ing essentials, thing. that are treated to the best of eve thing in the purely material line among those giving the most trouble. A car veally hasn't eve it is spared three of the most ravaging habits in driving. hill_climbing, driving fu moderate speeds would stopping abruptly will th in line to live longer, wiving service meanwhile., d out which way flift itse to burning u part of the ca gine must do i It mean Job to pull it demise. w richer THE SUNDAY TAR, WA o e D. ¢, MARCH 21, 1926—PART THE SUNDAY MOTORIST An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN Caution and stop signals on 't be a bad addit For I.onge;rcar Life. Little by little prudent owners are to make their What is more, the intelligent servic- and ‘systematic inspection are but they are, not every As a matter of fact wany car Good vil, good g: thing until Not until drivers stop unne when more Whenever u car climbs a Lill it mu while propelling itself for L double job. Whenever a car is sciprocating part in strained and every ro- omes that much closer ths danger point represented by Abrupt stopping on_every wd not alone the b ‘The automobile driver who territic bur woids a hill when he doesn't have to climb it conserves engine life that wiil be translated into more miles of useful ness, hills in high, no doubt, ure dearly. taking steep but it's pleas. indulgent pay It's great sport for which the If more drivers could see the pistons in the act of stopping and completel reversing every inc! their direction of travel time they move from 4 to § es there would be more consider n for engines and less unnece v speed When stups abruptly the en ts part in retardation that the engine has one more down and to hasten its From an Owner’s Diary uretor been get Tried adjusting the Tur misture. Have LIGHT-CAR MOTOR 'SENSATION most active car the world has ever seen in its price class. More than three quarters of a million owners of this hand- some, roomy Overland know The mightiest of all light-car engines. A motor develop- ing more power in propor- tion to its size than any other car of comparable dimen- sions. The bigger valve-sys- tem of its improved L-head engine, withitsgreater intake and exhaust capacity, makes this Overland Sedan the most powerful, fastest and SEDAN 595 Lab Fasory. Priess and Bperthcations sobjact so chosse that for power and ting the results expected from the lean mixture, and hills have been giving trouble. Won't know what sort of mile: the new mixture will give {until ¥ve tried it a while, but a strange thing happened. hat knock in the engine seems to have vanished. Tt always came in accelerating, and on hills. Today it disappeared. Went to Joe, the wmechanic, luded 1 must have t he called a “lean mixture knock.” It seems the cylinders don't have enough fuel to work on and they let you know it. I asked him why bhe hadn't tum- bled to this before. l've been com- plaining about this knock for a month. His answer was he took it for granted 1 had tried running her on different mixtures. Thats the trouble. much for granted. Hereafter when there's something chronically wrong I'll try the car on difierent diets, It works for humans, why not for engines? see He ‘We tuke too Work Grease Pump Slowly. Occasionally a motorist will help oyt with the greasing process at the public garage or the filling station by operat- ing the Lig grease pump while the me- . is under the car. A trick in such a pump is to go slowly. move the grease any faste the pump vigorously, One the faster one works. Take press with a steady stroke and give the grease time to move. 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Chalk lines will serve as excellent substitutes for parked machines. For Hair-Trigger Response l.ightm'ng Depend on Gives You a Quaicker Get- away and the “Breaks” of the Road When Traffic Crowds. ment and shortens its life. In a great many cars, 100, the stop signal is at a point where the chussis is subject to considerable rebound. This often serves to loosen the bulb from its base. Four Brakes Score Again. Recently a motorist found @ new use for four-wheel brakes. He had made a lculation in passing another car n incline at the entrance to a public garage., und had locked rear wheels with the other machine. To separate them, it was necessary (o Jack up the rear of his car. Accord- ingly, he set the emergency bruke #0 the car would not coast down the hill. Just then he suw the need of four-wheel brakes, JIiad not the front wheels been locked when the rear ones were jacked up, the car would have run free. Power When Yoa Want It! Now You Have It! 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