Show r BAFFLING BAFFLING G GAS s sUNE LINE UNE TROUBLES Nash Wholesale Manager Tells of a Few v Simple I II Remedies I I IOne I I One of or the most baffling troubles s sI I for the novice to locate is an obstruction tion In the gasoline line from tank to carburetor says Roy Hoy Hall wholesale manager of ot tho the tho Pacific Nash asli Motor company compan recently In discussing motor motorcar motorcar car troubles Somo Some carburetors hava have hav havea a strainer r Wh where e the gasoline enters the float Cloat chamber and others have a strainer on some part of ot the gasoline line There Thero is one ono on the vacuum tank where the supply from the main tank enters at the th tp top The These o aro arc all cas easily 11 removed for Cor cleaning but sometimes sometime clogging clogging- occurs oc- oc curs at a bend in the pipe and then It Is is is- not so easily reached In some cas cases s tho the pipe line Is removed from the tho carburetor and the operator blows back against the stoppage e. This frequently frequently fre Ire loosens It and the gasoline is I allowed to flow low carrying tho the dirt with It I I This trouble usually comes conies on gradually a few tew pieces of oC lint chaff dust etc accumulating on th i strainer and not doing any harm U as US there is Plenty plent of room around them for tor tho the passage of ot the gasoline nut But soon tho the accumulation only allows enough h gasoline gas Sas oline olinc to pass through to run the en engine engino en- en sino gine at normal speed Tho The driver do does doos s snot not know this arid and when ho tries to speed up the engine It does docs not re respond re- re spond Tho gasoline cannot flow through h fast tast en enough ugh t to s satisfy the tho increased d demand making the engine sluggish Then more dirt arrives arrles and arid the engine weakens may backfire at the and soon stops Gasoline can cab get through but not fast enough noush to supply th the engine While 1 the motorist is searching for forthe forthe forthe the trouble the float chamber fills ani t the e engine ma may bo lie started This is 15 the characteristic c symptom of ot a n clogged gasoline line The engine stops stop but butay butron ron Way ay be bo started after uCler a time only to stop again Where hero a strainer is casIly easily ens- ens ily lIy acee accessible it Is well to clean It oc occasionally OC bUt hut the average erase operator I walls waits until the above symptoms deY dc- dc Y lop When hen the they occur as described above abo there can bo ho no doubt douht about the trouble so 90 the only thin thing to do I Is to II remove the strainer and clean It it |