GIVE YOUR CAR OIL- AND GIVE IT LIFE
Three Things a Good Motorist Will Do
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1933.
SPARKS
FROM THE PLUGS
MOTOR NOTES FROM
GREAT BRITAIN
PROM A LONDON CORRESPONDENT]
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FURTHER EXPORT
PROGRESS
It is a pleasure to watch the motoring public becoming oil-con- sclous, writes a Hume expert. For vil is to the car what the blood- stream is to the human body. Any interruption of its"flow, or the sud- must encouraging.
This branch of the parent con-
cer in Lancashire has been in Export figures continue to be years and is represented in every existence for more than thirteen taimportant contre in the two islands, The old headquarters at Welling
tially as disastrous to the engine 12,519 vaTS
worth £1,031,192
SELECTION. OF SPARKING PLUGS
MATTER OF " QILY **
ENGINES
Misiring and generally erratic behaviour on, the part of an engine interior of the parking plug is not owing to the presence of oil on the the gap of a sparking is aut often experienced with modern cars
OIL ENGINE FUTURE
"A PROVED PROPOSITION."
Although the oil engine for road vehicles is not going to offer quite the same advantage in low fuel costs as in the past there is no doubt that its use is going to con tinue to develop. There is still a the higher the annual mileage. It considerable margin loft, and the does not appear altogether certain cennenny will be the more marked
THIS YEAR'S SCOTTISH RALLY
SLIGHT FALL IN ENTRIES
the entries are equally well' divided between the large and small classes, Entries for the Scottish Rally entries and the latter by 71.
the former being supported by 62- have closed at 134, which is con- the Harrogate entries are in the Of siderably less than last year's total small class and in the large, and of 163, but the number is very satis of the Glasgow entries 18 are smail factory, while it is interesting cars and 17 large. before. Indeed, the entry list con l'entries are exceedingly well dis note that the proportion of private entries, however, show 26 small cars tains only some 93. names connected owners is considerably higher than against 17 large.
The Edinburgh
Altogether the
sentative of 3 makes against 36
len breakage of a pipe, is poten-four months of the year they show ton, however, were not designed to until they have had considerable that the heavy oil tax will be in with the trade, while of the total tributed, and the cars are repre- as is a clo, or a severed artery, to | against. 8,771 cars worth £1,082,378 cope with the amount of busincas use, implying worn cylinders, pis- posed as it is only beginning to be 33 are from Scottish addresses, last year. All types of car appear. for the same period of 1932, and which is being transacted even in tons, and piston rings; oil in ex- realised to what an extent oil is which suggests that Scottish motor in the list, from Austin Sevens, these difficult times of an-called i cess is then prone to work up above used in other industries and in ists have taken a greater interest Morris Minors, and MO. Midgets
human life.
Moreover, inferior oil means, in the end, an anemie engine.
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But enough of this rather grisly comparison. What is interesting is the new technique of labrication, brought about by the public de- dround for means to combat the rapid wear of modern light allow pistons in steel cylinders, and by the enormously high speeds of mudern engines.
It is the emze for rapid accelera- tion which is responsible for the extra stresses inposed on modern engines, and oil is literally the inly bulwark which prevents two metni surface rubbing each other
to destruction.
4,700 Revs. a Minute.
I have recently been running in
5,515 cars worth £036,000 in 1931.
An analysis of the New Zealanding. Leyland House, was put in "depression," S0 the new build passenger car market is particu hand and is now completely fur- larly satisfactory, as it shows that nished." the imports of cars and chassi: " from Britain for 1832 represents no less than 80.3 per cent, of the total car imports.
FOR AUSTRALIAN NEEDS
is not confined to the passenger car The improvement in export trade branch of the industry and it is significant that the wider use of the trolley bus throughout the world,
as a substitute for the tram, is re- sulting in orders being placed with British manufacturers of this type
of vehicle,
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to the 7973c.c. Isotta Fraschini. presented, for in addition to the Continental cars are quite well re- Isotta there are two Alfa Romeș, two Hotchkiss, an Ansaldo,
frequent need for decarbonising. the pistons, and give rise also to const craft. There is more hard.
ship in many of these cases than in the event this year, inflicted on road transport, and if If "ciled-up", plugs are fre- exemptions were made the amount starting point with 55 entries, with Harrogate is the most favoured Overseas markets to which Ham need, vidently, for the existing
New Zealand figures among the
quently or even occasionally the to be raised from road transport Edinburgh second with 43, while mond petrol pumps have been ex- plugs to be displaced by a set of a cle is the number of replacements
cause of ignition trouble, there is would be hardly worth collecting.
the Glasgow entries are 35. This is In any case the oil-engined vehi ported during recent weeks, and design conceived to obviate that being carried out of petrol by oil
a very satisfactory division, and Renault, and a Bugatti. apart as Trinidad, Salonika, Ianufacturer has a special type for age. There is much of this conver these include also places as far cause. Nearly every sparking plug engines in vehicles of considerable dia, Albania, British Guiana and oily" engines in the range of sion work in progress, which would. so on.
models produced, and though this indicate that the oil engine is con is being done in metering plants for
At home, a very large business type may not be quite so good insidered as
some respects as the standard that will show an
a proved proposition number of the most important variety, it should be given prefer. after the Chancellor of the Exche economy, even transport concerns and corpora:ence where it is desired to overcome
quer has finished with it. Also the tions. These include such well
oiling-up.
extra maintenance required by the known names as the London Gen eral Omnibus Co., Birmingham and
and in this connection it may be heavy fuel engine is being steadily reduced as experience increases, Manchester Corporations, Thomas
noted that pil-engined vehicles of way, etc. Tilling, The Great Western Rail
one make alone have now covered over 9,000,000 miles in service. This is the A.E.C., who now have quite
types of plugs in each range in
Then, too, as a rule there are tended for low, high, and medium compression engines. They vary in length of "reach" (the distance the spark gap extends into the com- bustion space) and in the character) of the electrodes (thin or thick, unique experience with this type single point, dual-point, and multi. of engine and claim good pulling point). A high compression engine low fuel consumption for their oi! and consistent reliability as well as to it to their 12 and 14/16 hp almost alarming, fashion, owing Dalmuir instead of nt Parkhead at The Singer Co. have now decided plug will behave in most erratic, nil engines are now being built at with a low compression type of engine. Nearer home Beardmore models, at a small extra charge, a chiefly to the points" becoming hitherto, and work is being carried new clutchless gear change. This incandescent and causing pre-ignion throughout the 24 hours to meet
STILL EASIER GEAR CHANGE
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The Electrodes,
a new engine under modern candi- tions. It is a modern engine, with overhead vakes, very light pistons, instance, has recently ordered two The Corporation of Sydney, for and a high compression ratio. Now A.E.C. single-deck 34-seaters of the that it is fully run in, the crank 6-wheel type, with which to experi shaft is often called upon to keep ment. In one case the chassis only up a rate of more than 3,000 revo is to be shipped and a body of Aus Mutians a minute for miles and tralian construction will be fitted, niles on end. I have had in turn while in the other the chassis will ing over at last as 4,700 times a go out with a body shell only, fear-. minute, in top gear, though noting all the fittings to be incorpor. for more than about 30 seconds. ated locally.
To run this engine in properly. I had recourse to three separate ex The first chassis will have elec-ia further evidence of the desire of tion. pedients in lubrication." First oftrical equipment by the English-the motor manufacturer to make, all, I have thways used a famous Electric Co., and the B.T.H. Co. gear changing today as casy brand of oil, which I drained com- will be responsible for the other. pletely after 500, 1,200, and. 2,300 miles. In tween the complete refills hardly any replenishment was needed. Twice, if I remember rightly, I tapped up". the sump to be fitted with winch gear to hemote control. Certainly, the com-electrodes keep cooler in a hot en- with a pint.
utilised for removing overhead line bination of these three fittings adds gine, and are certainly preferable Secondly, for the first 2,500 miles poles. These poles, which weigh considerably to the pleasure the oil was forced with one of about 2 tons each, are sunk some driving, as changing from top to on low gears is necessary. Single- of where a great deal of hillclimbing the new graphite compounds. In 6 ft. in the ground and are to be our pedal-cycling days you will re-pulled straight out by the winch member we ued to keep a stick of without any preliminary loosening graphite, rather like black shaving of the ground. snap, to rub on the chains of our machines once a fortnight.
present under construction for the An unusual type of vehicle is at Melbourne City Council in the form
possible.
wheel, which is controlled from the tion of being conducive to easier
The new fitment comprises a free dash, a "Startix," which proves starting from cold, but this is a Thin electrodes have the reputa. of an Albion 3/4-tomer, which is very useful in traffic, and the re- point open to argument. Thick
The winch is to be driven by a worm gear and is designed to give speed of 12 ft. per minute, and the a pull of some 32,000 lbs, at a rope drum can carry up to 300 ft. of fin, diam. cable.
PREPARING FOR PROSPERITY
For the Cylinders. Thirdly, from the very beginning I have never filled up with petrol without adding the right propor tion of one of the brands of 'upper- cylinder lubricants. These are cal culated to create an oil film on the gylinder walls before the oil pump has had time to force oil from the sump into the Jubrication system. That, at any rate, is the idea; now
Conndence in the future proa I am waiting to see the results. I perity of New Zealand has been hope they will be not merely a fast
shown in the most practical, man- ehr with a smooth-running engine, ner by Leyland Motors by building but also one whose cylinders will new and extensive premises to he not need reboding in at least the the headquarters of their local first 40,000 miles of life.
organisation:
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third at 40 m.p.h. is accomplished Without the slightest jar er noise When once a car has started mov ing, there is no need to touch the catch until it comes to rest; it is possible, therefore, to drive entirely. without declutching to change gear used in an oily engine; they are ly on the accelerator and brake, all, either in traffic or on hills.
Never should long-reach plugs be
On the subject of
suitable only for use where the change the famous 4-litre Sunbeam, system, pistons, etc., are in good gear compression is low and the oiling which was originally built for the order. world's speed record in 1920, and actually set up the new figure of 152.336 m.p.h. at the hands of the late Sir Henry Segrave, has becu fitted with a Wilson self-changing geurbox.
น
easy
and used nowadays; the standard There are not many sold reach is better for the majority of engines.
should any one or more of a set of On no account, again, plugs differ from the remainder in any important respect. "Odd Malcolm Campbell about
This car was purchased by Sir
plugs are often the, underlying cause of engine faults seemingly ago, and it will be interesting to and vibration, for example-while a year unconnected with ignition-noise watch its career with the latest loss of power to a clearly evident modifications in its design,
extent may arise from an unmatch- ed set.
HUSTLE"
4.
A remarkable bit of bustle."
False Economy,
Plugs that are offered at appre
has beers in progress at the Vaux-ciably less than the maker's usual hal works at Luton lately. Night price or in otherwise than the and day for three months an army maker's usual packing should be of men has becsi creating a new avoided. factory, where something in the in price but prove costly in the They may be attractive neighbourhood of half a million long run, not merely because of pounds has been spent on recon- Jack of durability or inefficiency, struction Naturally, there has but because of the possibility of been much speculation throughout with insulators or electrodes that their being "reconditioned" plugs the motor trade as to the outcome may break away and drop into and of these activities, and it is freely seriously harm the engine. In rumoured that in the new pro stances are on record of the elec gramine, to be announced very trodes of low-priced reconditioned thortly, a car in the 10 hp class plugs, and cheap new ones as well, will be found. Anyhow, visitors to having broken loose, dropped into England will find the whole of the the cylinders, and given rise to new range included in the special damage costing as much as £27 tó re-purchase scheme operated by put right. Shaw & Kilburn, the London die tributors of Vauxhalls.
An interesting point about the reorganisation of the Luton works
Don't gamble in sparkling plugs. the standard type, unless the en- Buy a make of good repute and of.j gine has some unusual characteris
is that, despite its thorough nature, tic, and in that case the sparking
it only entailed the closing down plug maker's advice should
sales programme remained unaffect- │· ·
be
of production for three weeks, and sought.
ed, thanks to the large stock of cara
that was previously produced and
is little short of marvellons. They
held up to tide over the period of of which these experts are capable inactivity.
WIZARDS ON WHEELS
can jump distances of 40 ft on their Triumphs, the machines ris- ing over 6 ft. in the air; they can This year's Royal Tournament at cycls on to a cantering horse, and spring from the carrier of a motor Olympin was of special interest to back again, and they can ride motor cyclists, owing to the display "nightmare" machines with speci by despatch riders of the Royal ally prepared oval wheels, which Corps of Bignals. The stunt riding give their movements the roughness (Continued at foot of neat column) of a ship in a storm.
the demand. Some deliveries have already been made, and a further! order for 28 engines has been re-
expected before long. chived from the Albion concern, An output of ten engines a week is
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BEARINGS
reduce friction and wear
to vanishing point
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