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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

This higher-powered, full-träck

MORRIS-COWLEY is built for the roads you use!

The Tourer

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worst roads hold no terrors for a car with a high clear- ance, 56 in. track and magnificent workmanship of the new high-powered Morris-Cowley-a car specially designed and built for World motorists. Costly materials, perfect machinery and fitting have provided rugged resistance road shocks and daily

And a Morris costs less to run, lasts longer and needs fewer replacements, while giving complete comfort through excep- tionally roomy design and studied care for detail.

The Morris 1929 range includes open and closed cars with a choice of colours and a variety of body styles unparalleled. Each model, from the Morris Minor to the 16/40 h.p. Morris-Oxford, sets a new standard of outstanding value in its class.

Morris After-Sales Service is world-wide and world-renowned, and prices of Morris Cors and Spare Parts are fixed by the Factory.

Ask your Morris Dealer for full details of these fine products of Europe's greatest automobile building organisation.

MORRIS

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THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

25 Queen's Road Central

Tel. Central 4759.

A Fine Car at Small Cost in STUDEBAKER'S

ERSKINE SIX

THE genius of Studebaker engineers adds much to your motoring pleasure all the years you will drive this new Erskine Six tourer. First cost is surpris ingly low because of Studebaker's great resources. After-cost is less because of advanced engineering plus precision workmanship and quality materials. By averaging more than 54 miles per hour for 24 hours an Erskine Sedan established stock model records in its low price class.. 1298 miles in

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ERSKINE SIX

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1929.

LUBRICATING MOTOR ENGINES.

BY LEWIS A. PARKER, M. I. MECH.E., M. 1. MAR. E

Being the report of a recent lecture given at the Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders at Hongkong. (PART EIVE)

If the separation should show time. Any moisture present in the sludge, it would be advisable to crank case, will then attack and thoroughly clean out the crank cause rusting. case, and remove, every trace" of Secondly, and this is probably deposit.

more common, if the fuel is not Corrosion of Parts-Sometimes free from sulphur compounds, an inspection of an engine will theso, when burnt, will unite with molature (water) and form sul- show that platon pins and other phurous acid, which will attack- bright parts are rusted and corrod ed, and this is usually put down unprotected metal parts.

This is very nollécable where to acid in the ofl. This, however,

is very soldom the cause, certain cars have been kept in storage for some time without frat draining

water in the crankcase? Perhaps draw, off some of the oll at in- used for purifying or bleaching an the parts with a film,

Water-Have you ever noticed lowest point of the crankcase, and not with a high quality product, out the old off and running on The neld which is frequently fresh oil just long enough to coat some of you have. Except in the tervala, after the engine has been oil during refining is always wash- The prevention' is to use good ense of a gasket leaking, this wa- standing, Into a clean, clear bottle ed out and the oil treated so that fuel, and when storing cars, com- ter comes from the fuel. When Allow it to stand and separate. If every trace of the acid is removed. pletely drain the crank cases, and gasolene burns, one of the pro- water comes out first, let it run

Early in the morning, One cause of corrosion is that run the engines with now oil to ducts of combustion is water away,

the car hae been dilution thins the oil so that it assure thorough distribution and vapour. As long as the engine is after. hot, this vapour will pass off standing for some hours is a good runs off the surfaces, leaving them coating...

dry when the engine stands à long

(To Be Continued.)

through the exhaust, or if it blows time to do this.

by the platone, will escape through the breather, and do no harm.

But if you run a cold engine, some of this vapour will condense, et into the crankcase if the pls on sont is. broken which very often is the case, and mix with the oll. The repeated starting and stopping from cald, provide just the conditions, suitable, for, this, and la commonly found in Fire De-I partments, where they run their chgines several times a day for short periode.

Now fresh wator, and mineral olls will mix when they are churn- ed up together, called, au quuision, but will very quickly separate out, if allowed to rest. In a motor car, however, it doesn't get much time to rest and separate.

The oil, however, being \can-j antly churned up in contact with heated air, will tend to oxidise And if there is present some other foreign matter, such as dust, car- bon, or worn metal, sludge is the result..

If you place mineral, oil and wa- ter in a clear, clean bottle, mix, it up. and allow it to atand, it will separate very quickly-showing clearly oil and water.

..

In the other case, you will also Ret soparation, but in between the water and oil, there will bo sludge. The separated oil is usually quite good and can be used again, but not so the sludge-that must bet thrown away. And in an engine where there has been an accumu- lation of sludge, it must be thoroughly cleaned-if any sludge is left, it will contaminate the new all.

If the suggestions, to prevent dilution are followed, you need not expect trouble from water accu- mulation.

Provide a small drain at the

An

Important

Announcement!

We beg to announce to the motoring public that arrangements have boen concluded whereby tho

SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

of the

U.S. ROYAL CORD TIRE

in

Hongkong & South China

is now in the hands

WALLACE HARPER & Co., Ltd.

Authorized

Ford

Dealers.

745, Nathan Road, Kowloon. and that Messrs. W. R. Loxley

& Co., are nu lunger bur representatives.

U.S. RUBBER EXPORT Co, Lia.

SHANDRAI CHINA

MEMBERS

of the Hongkong Auto- mobile Association

DTO

requested to address all communications to

THE HONORARY SECRETARY

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ofo The Hongkong

AUTO

SUPPLY HEADQUARTERS

The most complete stock of Auto Acces- sories in the City are here at lower than elsewhere prices.

No matter what you might want in acces sories we have it.

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(Successors A. LUNG & Co., Auto Dept.)

30-32 Des Vœux Road, Central.

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