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A "Dennis" 5-6 ton chassis súpplied to the order of Messia Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd., by the local agents, Messrs Alex Ross & Co. (China) Ltd. (Photo Ming Yuen.)
OVERHEATING DANGERS. draft of hotter air. Soon the air-
CAUSE OF ENGINE TROUBLES.
dulating water, in boiling at con- fined points, increases in volumò, forcing some of it to overflow. A syphon is cronted and bofora the car las proceeded much further! With the advent of the Summer there is loss.- water in tho vacation season and hot weather systom charged with the tásk threatening to detract from the of doing more work. Naturally onjoyment of long motor trips the ongine resolves itself into the average car ownor is justified stoaming, knocking and general] od in aoting on the advice that a laboring. Even if the driver stops car need as much intolligent care and gives it half a chance to ecol in extreme heat as it does in off, soine poranent injury is extreme cold. Keeping the car likely to have been done. cool, calm and collected on a hot With one thing following au- day is a matter of knowing just other in this way the motorist how heat troubles originate`and) will find that an apparently in- in particular, how they consequential matter will speedily combine to pyramid the greatest resolve itself into serious troublo. amount of 'inconvenience to the Each offoot of a cause becomes a owner.
cause itself, with the result that The affects of excessive boat one thing will start going a whole are complicated. Because the chain of trouble.
higher Frequently one's method in tempora'ure the old and unsuited driving has a lot to do with it. oil in the ongine breaks down. Many a car could be kop toooler on Poor lubrication thus encouragoj a holiday if operated at a more further overheating. Very soon suitable speed, For every cur the effects of overheating turn there is what is known as a "roll- about and become. additional ing upeod," If the driver, will}
discover it and stick to it he will
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This is the danger in not know find that the angine will keep ing how the process of overheat-pulling with very little effort, and ing operates, Unless a motorist thus with much loss tendency to knows that the cooling system overhoat, oven,if it is working at will tend to overheat more be a disadvantage so far as the cause in firat overheating it scales) weather is concerned. off aditional iron rust, which, in turn, rotsine more heat, he will THE CAR'S "ROLLING SPEED," not be likely to drain out the It is not difficult to find this cooling system frequently and "rolling spood." It is the speed occasionally run '& solution at which the car will maintain. of washing soda through.
its highest speed with the loast) It is all very well to tall amount of gas. In order to find
car owner that
unless it the hand throttle should be
110 does certain things the used instead of the accelerator, car is likely to suffer through since the former batter reveals to overheating. He will doubtless the driver the amount of gas he believe it. But he tolls himself is admitting to the cylinders. that if the worst comes to the He will note that at cortain worst he will bo sacrificing more definite rate of speed he will be ly a little speed or power. What able to let off a little gas without ho needs to understand is that loss of it. This is the speed at the offect of - this-overhouting which the car is aided by its own! loss of speed or power-will, in momentum. turn, become a cause of addition- al overheating.
Once a car owner has caught this ides his hot weather problem is largely solved, for if he is at
Sometimes it is necessary toj regain this "rolling speed," should a slight up grade or a rough stretch of roadway upset. the driver's plan. In this case it
all conscientious about the matter is best to accolorate briskly he will act accordingly. Over- rather than to drag alung unti} hoating is largely a matter of the right speed is again reached.
poor lubrication, which is, in turn,
the result of excessive heat. Usa
the right kind of oil and grosse
A BEAUTY TIP.
This is the time of the year
Easy Riding
froni îngine to differential, guard against its breakdown, and the Bort of overheating that ties ono up on the road or results in per- when a car comes back to the manent damage to the car will garage covered with tar spots. not be possible.
Vaseline, if given seasonable The motorist is often misled in time, will soften tar spots. When this matter because the real cause those have been softened, wash of overheating is not always in away the grease spots with a mild the engine. If he has made no soap, and make sure all soapy provision for hot weather the water is rinsed off before it dries, chances aro
otherwise it will loavo spots. that what little lubricant happens to be in the universal joints at the start of the trip will soon be thrown out, Excessivo friction at the jointe will demand more power of the engine. The transmission gears, turning in lubricant that fe far too light for the work in hand, will develop additiona! friction and demand still moro power. By dogross the engine reaches a point where it has moro work to do than it can possibly take care of without overbeating. HILL CLIMBING PROBLEM. It is interesting to see how this: process works out in the case of climbing a steep hill. The driver may be trying to reach the top in "high," doing everyting in his power to food gas properly and encourage the engine to do. Its bost. Presently the uugino dios down to a apoed where it is neces- sary to shift to "second,” and as the gears reach this combination friation becomes excunaive by rosson of the fact that the goar lubricant isn't adéquate, for the atmospherio temperature. The engine, already on the danger |line, is, forced to shoulder tils
additional friation, this
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