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HINTS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FINE MOTORIST

FOR THE

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

WHEN THE ENGINE RUNS TOO HOT.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT

THE LIGHT MOTOR TRUCK-

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926.

chassis are noted for thoir atur- diness; one car of the smaller of these two powers le particularly sturdy, ranking as the beaviest cars on the road for power and

“BUSINESSLIKE".

SMART MORRIS WORK. That Morris motors do thoir

CHANGES WOOD TO GAS.

line in Germany.

FITTING NEW PISTON-RINGS. Question: Three oylinders of ----- six car aro' pumping my oil. Do you adviso me to install now rings in those three cylinders

Harr Engolhach, German che- only or to renow them in all six? ECONOMICAL OPERATION. at its price, and whilst it has best to uphold British prostigo on mist, has announced a process Would Innor-rings overcome this

somewhat heavy patrol consump-all occasions is shown by tho, oil pumping? What end clear- The oxport managers of the big tion, it more than compensates for prompt attention given to a cabled for changing wood into gasoline. ance should the rings have and American automobile companies this by its stendinoss on the road order for twenty-two cars from Ho claims that he is able to turn Ishould they bo lapped in ?.

who are members of the Nation and its capacity to climb any their Singapore donlors, the whole wood into gasoline at about a Answer: You had better install al Automobile Chamber of Com- thing climable, and to stand up of which was shipped to thom It is perfectly possible for a radiator until it has reached the now rings in all cylinders while morce have decided to organise on any road. Qualities like this within twenty-four hours on the third the cost of imported gaso- radiator to be stoaming violently, desired working temperaturo pro- you are about it, but before fitting & botter bandling and shipping of fit it pre-eminently for com-S.S. Kitano Marth without the engine being heated nounced overheating of the on any now rings, make sure that motor vehicles abroad. Regular mercial work within its sphere, above a satisfactory running gine may be caused by failure of one of the cylinders are scored meetings will bo hold to gather and, with other makos, it is re- temperature and such cases of the device to close the by-pass and that they are not worn bo-data and prosent to the steam-cording progross for commercial boiling radiators have been treat- and let the circulation into the youd the point where ring re-ship companies a common view work.

As a commercial vehicle it ed in the recent articlo "When radiator when it should, result-placement can be expected to point on matters of general in- The Radiator Runs Too Hot," ing from sticking valves or a no-restore gas and oil tightnows, terest in connection with the ox-

the boras fective thermostat. The ther Measuring.

with port trade in those vehicles; may be classod-as a light truck, tho mostic device is usually located micromotor calipers is the only generally the idea is to extend to which is not to confound it with On the other hand, there are in the water outlet to the radiator way to determine, the condition foreign trade the principles undor the lighter run-about or

You might which the immonae traffic of oars serviceable tonher. It is cheap instances in which an engine be- and the remedy lies in unbolting of cylinder bores. comes too hot to run satisfactorily and detaching its housing, after!" take a chance" and try inner- and trucks on the railways is now to operato, and if on return runs through monthly it has to operate light-that is, or safely, when, the radiator is drawing down the water, lifting rings. Perhaps they would im-supervised

are so low as not to cal seriously not at all hot-sometimes almost out the complete thermostatic prove matters for a time, at least. meetings of these export traffic without return load the costs into tho gross profits. According 'American cold. This condition always re-unit, reassembling the housing Piston-ring end clearance should managers.

be about 0.012 inch according to This is a typically sults from a partial or complote and refilling the system.

the regular rule, but you bettor practice, but there is interest in to the excellent tables recently issued by the "Commercial failure of the heat that is develop-

check up this figure with your it for us on this side of the Motor," the running costs for a od in the engine being convoyod

focal service station. Better let Atlantic, because America is re-vehicle of this type, the details 'to the radiator there to be lost to the air and such failures movement of hot water from the rings woar in rather than try ported to be ready to venture on

this side with 30cwt. trucks. It including fuel, oil, tyras, main- usually rosult from partial or jackets are faulty action of the REPLACING BURNED EXHAUBT- would appear that the manufar out at 5d. per mile. To this must tonance, and depreciation, work complete lack of movement of belt used to drive the pump on

ture of commercial vehicles on heated jacket water into the some cars loose pump impeller,

Question: One of the exhaust the other side has fallen into the bo added standing chargos, which, including licences, wages, ront radiator.

collapse of the pump intake hose and contraction of any of the Valves of my engine has hands of relatively fow firms, and and rates, insurance and interost, hecome so badly burned that they are beginning to look, to a passagen flirongh which jacket shall have to replace it. Is this European markot for expansion, are set daw'at 9s. 10di por mile!

HOT ENGINE--COLD RADIATOR.

WHEN CIRCULATION FAILS"

UTTERLY

PUMP AND PIPING TROUBLES. Other causes of inadequate

water is carried to the radiator. BOOR CONDUCTION-THROUGH

JACKET WALLS,

to lap them in.

VALVE.

Assuming that the machine does an operation that I can perform This work of export organisation not less than 200 miles a wook, for will it be necessary to do some which the managers are now then the total operating costs a When a car is "out of water"

hing to the valve seat?"

taking up may have something to or the water is so low in a thormesiphon cooling system:

Answer: It is very unlikely do with introducing more 30cwt week work out at about £8. 14s.

The minimum charges to yield. that the circulation path is in- Another cause of retention of that the valve-soat has been vehicles here. The report goes complete, the engine obviously heat in cylinders and their can damaged as this part is so much to confirm what already has been a satisfactory profit for such may overheat excessively, white sequent nyorhouting is poor more offuctually cooled than the said in this column that the operation should be, for the 200 through head of the valve itself. You can 30ewt, vehicle is becoming miles, £13. 14., loaving the most of the radiator remains thermal conductivity cold. A similar condition may the cylinder walls to the water, tell by examining the seat, popular with British commercial haulier a profit of 95. This is exist in winter with a radiator soThis maybe due to initial defects whether it is badly pitted or firms because it combines load enough, but no more than enough, badly frozen that no circulation in the castings and to excessive seated and, unless you find it so, capacity with some speed powers, to justify a man setting up as a aceummulation of rust and sindge a new yalyo should readily grind and all.at relatively low operat-one-machine man, for he would! 'through it 'can occur.

on the inside water jacket walls to a good seat upon it You ing costs. It may be recalled doubtless' operate the, machinol THE DEFECTIVE THERMOSTAT. Heavy carbon deposits in com- should be able to install a now again that several British firms himself and so have his wages In the case of a car fitted with bustion chambers also have the valve without trouble. If, how noted for the manufacture of cars in addition to this proit, but it same effect and allow internal over, you find the soat spoiled, a only have recently adapted would mean organisation so as thermostatically operatede

parts to got so hot that fiel light cut taken with a re-seating chassis of the type that goos to to keep the vehicle operating-in valve, designed to by-pass the charges preignite and the carbon tool should give you a seat as make the 14-b. or the 16-hp. other words, finding loads "to circulating water around the knock results.

good as the original one.

carry to its fullest possible ex- tent. That would not mean work every week in the year, for obviously if good running order was to be maintained the vehicle. would have to be called in for a period for overhaul, but the figures explain in some measure the popularity of the light truck. It is reasonably cheap in first) cost, it has a good working capa- city, it is economical to operate. Like the private car, its popularity is auro to grow as one result of the recent hold-up of transport facilities.

car for commercial work, These

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tyre factories will turn out 32,000,000 tyres in 1926.

61, Des Voeux Road, Central.

IS IT

"as good as BUICK"?

Before you are persuaded, by an extra allowance on your old car, to buy some car you might not choose otherwise, look it over carefully.

You probably will be told that it is "as good as Buick", but investigate. See if it is!

Does it have a "sealed chassis"? Has it a torque tube drive? Has it mechanical 4-wheel brakes? Has it a ten-plate, multiple-disc clutch? Has it a Fisher body? Has it adequate and effi- cient nation-wide service facilities? Has it more than a million enthusiastic owners?

When anyone offers you more for your used car than it will sell for on the used car market, com- pare the new car offered you to Buick.

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