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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

The Peak Garage

IS NOW UNDER THE MANAGEMENT - OF LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

OUR SERVICE STATIONS

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NOISE CONQUERED IN CARS.

Intensive Research by Motor Industry.

EXHAUST SYSTEMS IMPROVED.

How a Muffler Works..

CAR MAINTENANCE, gine alone until It shows signs of wanting serious attention. This does not mean that one ia, to Problems for Owners. tion book that is sent out with neglect it. The ordinary instruc-

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every make of new car will give TOO MUCH ATTENTION, a good indication of what de re

quired to keep the vehicle, in One of the chief things that con--this must not be adhered to too decent running order, but oven cerns the owner driver is.the main- tenance of his car writes the Hon. igidly, if one followed the dic Maynard Greville." I 1121 contates of most instruction books to tinually being asked by motorists the letter one, would never be on Compression noise-one of the performance standpoint. It con- how often they should grease this, the road at all, but always oiling, biggest problems in the automo- tributes to safety by making the and oil that, in various makes of greasing, or tightoning something. blic world is being attacked engine an effective brake when cars; when they should If definite signs of trouble ap- successfully as a result of inten- going downhill. With these out decarbonize their engines and pear, do not ignore them, even if Hive research work going on within standing points in its favour, en-grind in their valves, or how often you are able to surmount the the industry.

This assurance la gineers are willing to go to almost they ought to change their spark trouble temporarily.. given by engineers and service any limits to silence the compres pluga.

For instance, for some rENSOR U men who have made an exhaustive ston noises rather than to turn Que can never lay down the lay car which iu normally an easy study of the situation. A study about face at this stage of auto-on this matter as so much depends starting one, may refuse to fire one of compression noiso shows that it motive progress.,, is at its maximum during acce-

on the car and the way in which morning. Probably drastic treat- it is being used. Tho personal ment will get it started at last, and leration over certain speed ranges

factor will come into it to a large ny motorists are then inclined which may vary for different The burden on the present-day extent also. Some owners acem to to leave well alone and not take makes of cara or even for the same muffler is due to the need for be able to run their cars with any trouble to find out the cause, make of car under, varying condi- handling a greater volume of more minimum amount of attention, There is always a reason for those. tions. Practically all high com- highly compressed, charges that while another man with exactly sudden symptoms, and 11 Low pression engines become quiet are exhausting at a more rapid the name car is always in diminutes spent at one's leisure to when the car attains its rolling rate. A muffler merely provides a feulties. One man may be cursed find out will be well spent time. speed.

means whereby gases can expand with continual squeaks and rattles,

Plug Points, One thing that is stimulating by degrees rather than to exhaust while another never seems to The points of the sparking plugs interest in the process of eliminat and expand rapidly into the air bave heard of these little trials. may have burnt so that they are ing power nolac is the fact that the directly after leaving the combus- Experience is really the only too far apart, or the mako and problem is believed to have been lon chambers.

thing that counts. In my opinion broak may want adjustment, and virtually overcome by one of the At the present moment the situa- jover attention is just as bad as any symptoms, such as difficulty in large manufacturers, Competitors on is shown to be one of over- neglect. Every car has its weak starting, should be attended to at are studying this car as they have loading. The mufer has more points, and the curious thing is once. never studied cara before, search- work than it can do. As a result, that no two cars, even of the same Again 凸 equeaking shackle ing for the clue to the solution, the expanding gases set up vibra- make, year and model, seem to should not bo Ignored. It is pos Better driving is regarded as mere. tions in the muffer parts and go have the same weak points.

sible that it will cure itself in ly a temporary remedy, but it is through a large portion of their

The man who takes the trouble time, but this will be at the expense being advocated nevertheless, expansion after they leave the of find out what is likely to fall of the shackle pin and bush, and since it has not been established mufler itself.

first on his vehiclo, is the nun who the next time the car goes in to whether the mechanied remedy is

is likely to have the least trouble something that will be available

Preventing Overloading. in the long run. The man who is tu present usera.

If the final exhaust pipe is not always removing his cylinder Solution in Exhaust, large enough or if it has a peculiar head to see if the pistons are still Snapicion points to the muffler, shape it, too, may add to the there, is never going to have a many engineers believing that the power noise and cause passengers really good engine, but the man exhaust gases of higher speed, to complain of droning and drum- who knows that his clutch with One thing that driving can affect higher compression engines have ming, During acceleration, drawal mechanism is able to dry more than any other is the wear- placed too great a burden on the especially between thirty and forty up in 500 miles and lubricates it in. of brake linings. Some people exhaust system. This accounts, in miles an hour, this noise may accordingly is on the right track. will wear out brake linings on any part, for the number of mufller become, a deafening ⚫ rear.

car in a very short time, while changes within the last two years, Strangely enough, at higher speeds There are parts of a car that others in the sume vehiclo will be, some concerns having gone from many high compression engines will always need a certain amount able to go thousands of miles mufflers that have served them seem to run quietly.

of attention, though, of course, further. well for years to type embodying Two leading

People who wear their. manufacturers manufacturers are gradually ell-brake linings out quickly are very radically different principles of have provided a partial cut-out minating these. The uld business prone to blame the ear, and it silencing.

which helps to take care of this of going round with a grease gun never occurs to them that their Many experts are surveying the problem, and it is a plan which is dying a hard death, but it is driving may have something to do.. possibilities in insulating the may be tried by any owner who dying all the same, and in a few with it. Try to drive a little more mullers from the frame, and some finds his engine and exhaust sys- yours time I hope that no, owner on the engine, and less on the owners already have made such a tem bothersome. By providing driver will be asked to go in for brakes, and you will find greatly change. The practice is to hang by-pass around the maler for the barbarous practice of crawling improved results. the mufler from the frame by about half the exhausting gases about under his car to lubricate Finally we come to the "vexed means of metal, brackets, but this the muffler is spared the ordeal of vital parts of the transmission. question of decarbonization. arrangement is thought to encour- being overloaded. The results are

The general principle that I al-Thore is too much of this done. are the telegraphing of exhaust very noticeable to the passengers. ways adopt in to leave a good en- As a matter of fact, most car's cun noises to the chassis and, of Many owners have noticed that course, to the enclosed · body. Įpower noises moderate after a car Heat at the muffler complicates the broken in especially after it has the exhaust noises of his car or by Any motorist who is annoyed by problem, but some experiments are been driven 5,000 to 10,000 miles, compression noises which are tele- being made with composition This is explained by the fact that graphed to the car body should materials which may overcome an accumulation of carbon in the keep his ears and eyes open for falling off a power something

"Of course, If there is an obvidua „ this objection.

muffler takes the sharp edges off new developments in exhaust sys- should be done, but unnecessary High compression is desirable the plates and rounds out the item and particularly in Improve decarbonization only unsettles an Trom the efficiency as well as the corners.

ments in mufflers.

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