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You Should Turbine car touches 90 mph
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Q:3. When should I have the ofl changed?
A: Performance records of millions of curs indicate that new oll remains relatively free 01 contaminants up to a point and: then, that these unwanted sub- stances begin to accumulate at a rapidly inercasing rate.
The Interval naturally varies, but to keep oil in service for more than 1,000 to 1,200 iniles becomes dangerous. Under cer- tal adverse conditions, oil should be changed more frequently, but draining and refilling with fresh oil of the proper grade and type every 1.000 inlles normally 06- sure trouble-free, operation as far as oil is concerned.
4. la there any method. which will indicate exactly when to change oll?
A: The only positive way to find out is to take an oil sample from the crankcase and have it analysed by a testing laboratory. A correct interpretation of test data requires great skill and long experience with lúbrication. This procedure is obviously Im practical for the average motorist.
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Q: G. Must cars are equipped with oil filters and air cleaners. Do these eliminate the need for changing oil?
A: No air filter can completely eliminate dust and dirt coming Into the engine from the car-1 buretter. And some abrasives are always carried into the crankcase by the ventilation air passing through the breather pipe.
Oil Alters can at best remove
A Rover gas turbine car, first British move toward this aystem of powering automoblies for the owner-driver, was tested over the Silverstons Circult, Northamptonshire, England, in March. Car Asanciation officiais, British track drivers and motoring wellers saw the graceful tourer streak around the famed cireult at speeds of up to 90 miles per hour. The Rover burna kerosene and has its power plant mounted just forward of the rear axin, giving greater roadholding 'properties. A posfilve transmission takes the drive off the power turbine to the normal type back axle. Either two or three can be, seated, Photo showa Maurice C. Wilke, the Rover chief engineer, taking the new model down the long Silverstone straight at high speed.
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only the solid contaminants that March 9 must be accounted a historic day in the
enter the element and which are larger than the pores. This helps reduce ubrasive wear but has little effect on deposit formation, since many other impurities tend- ing to form deposits are initially soluble in the oil.
Furthermore, vil fillers fre- quently become stopped-up due to lack of attention, und many operate on the "bypass" principle which means they filter only small poriton of the cll during any given time.
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Q: 6. What cfects de mechani- cal and driving conditions have on oil condition perioda?
and oil change
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automobile history of Great Britain indeed of the world — for it marked a Press demons- tration of a car drivch by a gasturbine power unit.
fact that the Rover Co. were engaged in the development of such a prime mover was re- ported as long ago as May, 1948, and at that time design and bench testing had been going on since the end of the war.
The Rover experience in gas, pressor shaft and that a consider- turbine design and construction able idle was at 7,000 r.p.m.
Amsterdam shows British cars
Amsterdam, May 11. Sixty different makes, of
dates back even further, to 1940, Controls are confined to precio-private cars are on show at when the company began to assist rator, brake pedal and reverse- the second annual automobile Air Commodore Whittle, Power gear lever, as owing to the excep- exhibition, held here recently. the construction of the first re- ratio (circa 140 hp. ton) no addi- entries, followed by the Jeis, Ltd., and the B.TH. Co. in Tonally high power-to-weight Britain topped the list with
verse-flow design.
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A: Severe conditions increase all contamination, shortening the interval during which it is safe
engine of Whittle's tional torque multiplication Is States with 17. Dollar shortage keep the all in service. For ex-
needed.
and Britain's recent devaluation ample, abrasive
In 1943, Rovers themselves de- The engine dust cun be signed a straight-through turbine in de-tuned form in which it is
was demonstrated have given the British Industry drawn late the engine by driving, on the Whittle principles and the capable of providing acceleration land, of which exhibitors took an almost open market in 'Hol- steadily in heavily industrial world-famous Rolls-itoyce Nene from rest to 60 m.ph. In 14.0 sec-good advantage. areas, or over unpaved roads.
Dilution of the oil with raw have followed
alecraft engines onds with a comfortable maximum the same
The smallest car in the show lines, speed of 00 m.p.h. fuel and combustion waste pro- The car demonstrated at Silver-
was the Swedish "Svenska Cham- ducts is caused by frequent stops stone has therefore some 10 years through louvres above the rear two-stroke 400-cc engine, giving Exhaust gases are discharged pion." This has a twin-cylinder and starts particularly in cold of solid work beind it. weather-and by a carburettor or
compartment and, although hava top speed of 80 kilometres an ing no silencing equipment of any hour (50 m.p.h.). It weighs 380 Ignition system which functions
kind, the noise was moderate. improperly. Tho more severe the
kilos and sent two. Owing to the absence of a heal condition, the greater the meedi
In the past two years the 100 exchanger the efflux was at a high show was the luxurious Ameri- One of the largest cars in, tho for more frequent oil changes.
h.p. single-combustion-chamber engine has been replaced by responding loss of useful energy,
temperature and, due to the cor-con De Soto. (To be continued)
new design with a larger impeller fuel consumption-of-the-car-la feeding two combustion chambers its present
General keynote and developing approximately 200 twice as high as it will be in its exhibition
The general keynote of the
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Beed for h.p., and this was installed into a *lightly
The bulk modified
Anal development with the heat utility und hatidiness. Rover P:4 ehassis in mid-February,
exchanger added.
of the cars were on the small site. During the demonstrations thei car was driven by Mr. Spenser Wilks and Mr. Maurice Wilks, Managing Director and Chief En- gineer of the' company respective-
form is
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Racing cars were also exhibit- ed, although none of them, under existing currency rules, are per- nitted to be sold in Holland.
the Fist sports car at 25,000 Cuilders, the Simen Gordini, with a speed of about 220 kilometres puilders, are examples of these 7137 m.p.h.) and costing 32.000 unottuinable.cars.
ly, by Mrs. S. Wilks and by John Mr. Henry Ford, fighting to King of the Rover Experimental make the Ford Motor Co. in the Dept. Mr. R. Bell, who has] US. as productive been largely responsible for the Motors, has declared flatly. We as General design of the engine, was also are going to beat Chevrolet in present.
1952," The power unit is installed in a Not since 1935 have more Fords the costly luxury cars
One of the most attractive of three-senter open car behind the than Chevrolets been cold in the Jaguar, at 14,000 guliders.
was the single bench-type seat. Although United States and "Beat Chevro- the car is commendably well let" has been Mr. Ford's, slogon motorcar industry was shown by The revival of the German Anished and equipped, it must be since ho succeeded his late grand-nine makes of cars, emphasised that it does not repre- father as president of the company with 10 from France and three sent a new rear-engined sports in 1945,
compared
Rover, but has been constructed Mr. Ford mentioned for the first each from Czechoslovakia, Italy solely as a mobile test bed which time the date by which he hopes and Holland-Reuter... will provide the most convenient the company will regain the do- **** base for extended
development minance it won through the pro- the same market conditions con- work on the engine during the duction_genlus of the original tinue, admitted' Mr. Ferd, "but next three or four years.
Henry Ford and lost through his we believe the big change will Demonstration revealed that the indifference to sales,
.. come when the buyers market combustion chambers would light | "We have no chance of catch-tully returns to the low-price car up at 3.000 r.p.m. on the air com-"'ing up with Chevrolet so long os' field.
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