1930-11-22 — Page 13

unit.

THE

HONGKONG

MOTORING ON FUEL OIL

Diesel Engine's Performance on English Roads.

CAR AND 'BUS TESTS.

TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1930.

the difficulty of obtaining flexibi- lity, are now being, overcome.

The points for the Diesel engine for car uso may thereoforo be summed up as follows:-economy in fuel and in tax for a given power, rellability

in (bearing mind in this connexion that it is still in the experimental stago), simplicity of operation and sim- plicity of construction, requiring neither magneto nor coll, plugs

nor enrburettor.

the

A Comparison,

-

SUPER-SERVICE.

[By James F. Donahue.]

In this day and age when' you can find a gasoling station on every· corner and two in between, com that of "auper service", petition has heralded this orn as

now

With every conceivable sort of chocking machine

on the market for garages and service stations, Imagine what will hap pen to John Q. Driver when he pulls in to have his car serviced at an up-to-date service ntation in any big city of the near future.

Driving Into a "super service" station, he'll be confronted by an

(UPID

A small car with a Diesel engine, range, this is not a decisivo factor.

Weighing its merits against Its power unit has recently Moreover, it is possible to have those of the petrol engine, It has been driven from London

it to n larger engine, so obtaining more to be said that as a power unit Brighton and tick, a distance of power and speed, still ranking for in still heavy, oven in this small 112 miles, on something less than the minimum tax of £6, thus compas: that it uses à fuel net

unt!! two gallons of fuel oll. As this preserving those essential features at all clean, and that

provement comes it astral- tho oil is marketed at 6d. per gallon of economy in fuel and tax of the the cont in fuel alone worked out Dlosel.

spood

capacity of the

This latter has a We have now to face the pros.onvine car. at d. for the trip.

This is an outstanding perform-pect that with its continued in Ught engine, a clean and easily ance, first

As indicating that the pravement, te further refinement, handled fuel, whilst fuel oil is not Diesel engine, essentially a bulky the Diesel may become a riv pleasant to handle. AB An engine and heavy affair, has at least been the petrol engine. As an engine

Diesol is not easy to keep reduced in weight and dimensions it has advantages that tell, and clean, whereas the petrol engine to car limits, and further an show-may tell heavily, in its favour, offers no great dimculty in this ing that in this small compass and One of these is its simplicity. It regard. In this matter of main- In the varying clrcumstances get in high-compression

tenance the petrol engine, at pre- engine. p by read and traffic conditions, compressing air in the cylinders sent, scores over the heavier type.

to such a pressure that heat in it has become a practicable power generated to such a pitch that fuel supplier and of prices. Of There remains the question of "The run also strikingly demons-Ignition is a matter of spontaneous light Diesel oil, such as would be trated one of the chief qualities combustion. It needs no anarking used, there are ample supplies not of the Diesel-its economy of

At only in England but over all operation and with the muccess of juba, magneto or call

the point of the highest com- the world. It la derived from this experimental run the question pression of the air the fuel oil crude petroleum, and it comes at

the earlier stage Are at the driven in by pump, pausing, on one of arises whether we

of the beginning of a motoring revaluits way to the cylinders through refining of this crude product. tion which will bring the Diesel-un atomlser, which breaks up the Petrol emerges at a much farther

particles of oil, and on entry into stage of refinement. engine car into common use.

There would That question cannot be answer-the cylinder it is fired by the high

igh be dimeuity, therefore, In ed at the moment. The run temperature of the compressed securing supplies, and an 800 38 proved many interesting paints, air. There follows not what is the demand warranted it the dis-headquarters, and got his but also, it revealed some weak-known as the explosion stroke of tributing companies would Ree to neases in the conditions and in the petrol engine, but a constant it that fuel oil was

circumstances in which it was combustion and a constant expat- made.

It was undertaken by Mr.sion of the burning mixture of C. B. Wardman.

a well-known spray oll and air. manufacturer formerly associated with the Vulcan and the L Francis companies and the enging is of French make rating is 3.48, and it

the

develops

10 h.p., so that it in no more than

The Starting Device.

110

IN-

skates, probably who'll inquire: mmaculate attentant-on roller "What can we do for you, air?" will reply.

"Give her the works."--John Q.

"Very well, Mr. Driver."'

Astonished by the stranger'n (a- miliarity, John will inquire how! he attendant knew his name. The a man |attendant will reply that

at the entrance of the drive took his license number, phoned it to

name.

Then a card is hung on his car's as widely radiator cap letting every attend

ant in the station know that the available us in petrol to-day.

car is driven by Mr. John Q: Moreover, the Diesel car engineDriver. could use ahomo-produced fuel

"And that's not all we know," derived from tar, although this the attendant will reply, "As you would have the disadvantage of drove in those

two steel plates in the result not only is higher being even dirtier and more registered that your tyres were a power per volume developed than pleasant to handle than the Diesel ifttle law on air and that your the petrol engine enn show, but loll obtained from the crude. The there is more nearly complete tur-derived fuel would be free

front wheels were a bit qui of a motor-cycle engine. But it was combustion, so that exhaust gases from tax.,

Inc.

exhaust, The Diesel oil would

From your goa fitted to a chassis and body the tend to be cleaner and leas offen increase in price as the domand

which WEL Immediately anulyzed, nf whirb were sive of smell.

we found that Componenta

you were using Cold starting, a grew, though it should still remain 8ambled by Mr. Wardman into renter difficulty with an engine (much cheaper than petrol.. View high-test gasoline and that you a five-senter car weighing a little of these high pressures than ised in terms of fuel costs, and over a ton. The small engine hud

experienced with the petrol allowing for кото increase in therefore to pull a full-sized cur.

Lengine, is helped by a device which price of the heavier oil the advan

includes a relense valve. On the tages and disadvantages of the bigger Diesel ongines now coming Diesel-engine car and the petrol With an engine speed rangia: luto use for motor buses hand car as we know it to-day might only from 200 to 1,200 revolutions starting with the use of this device work out at the figure of Gd. a a minute, the maximum speed is fairly easy. The electric self-gallon in favour of the Diesel, obtained was about twenty mibes starter is, of course, available, which does not suggest that there an hour, and the gradient of one and It is even in use on the Dlesel-will be a big turnover to the heavy In six was climbed in frat gear, engined Industrial forrica.

engine in the near future. Most of the rest of the trip waн: It is to be noted that although But, again, it has to be remem- done in top gear. The maximum weight of metal is essential in the hered that whilst the petrol car speed regarded n factor by Diesel engine in order that it shall to-day is in a high state of neciled new piston ringe because itself, would put the ear out of the stand up to these factors of com development the Diesel-engine the exhaust gas shows they are market altogether. But as the pression and temperature, and that type has no more than proved pumping oil." gears employed were designed for it has been difficult to get itself as a possibility. It may Mouth open in astonishment, a high-speed petrol engine and engine strong enough to use for develop amusingly; it has certain-John Q. waits until his car is oiled were not suitable for the Diesel high speeds, those things, and alany made a promising beginning.

The Speed Factor.

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Service Station

LANCIA GARAGE

Hennessy Road.

and greased and filled with guro- ine. Then he politely asks if the rasoline station can trace his fam- ly tree.

"We might be able to do that, hrough our statistical and credit

attendant lepartment," the awers, "but first let us complete

he survicing of your car."

an-

Jolin drives on and, without topping his radiator is flushed and refilled and the pinting on the cadiator shell polished,

Then on to a wash rack and, while the car is being washed y a high-pressure system, Mr. Driver Ands he has time to get a manicure at the shop of a pretty Intion attendant.

Getting back to his car he finds

GAS? YESSIRI AND DO YOU?

WANT THAT BAD

TOOTH PULLED SIR,

cleaned both inside and out. His car is then placed on a con- oyor and is taken through the cat of the station, which includer an emergency hospital, a hotel and estaurant. Outside the restaurant here is self-serving conveyor it which John C. can grab a bite, o eat on the fly.

t

At the end of hla conveyor trip. cashier stands waiting for him. "Will you take a cheque?" asks John. "I have no cash with me." "Certainly, Mr. Driver," sweetly responda the fair cashier. "We've lready checked up on your lic ount and And that it is excellent. Glad to!"

Such will be "auper service."

LONGEST TAXI- ROUTE.

What is said to be the longest taxi route in the world was recent- ly established in Africa. The route covera an. night, weeks' trip- from the Juba terminus of Nile steamers to Capetown.

MORE MOTOR REVENUE.

Tourist traffic by motor cara from the United States to Canada Increased 27 per cent. during the first six months of 1030 compared with the corresponding period in 1920.

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