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Show COLD WEATHER TIP I FOR AUTO OWNERS VV" TC-;x- the motor refuses lo start these cold morning, the trouble can be traced usually to the carburetor, writes Tr. Leonard Keene Hirshherg in the current cur-rent issue of American Motorist. More gasoline is required in cold weather than In warm weather, and the ad lustment should be made aeeordlnglv. The rieher tlie mixture of tras nin- into the cvlln-ders cvlln-ders tlie more heat will be generated. The outside air is much colder, and consequently the bent will radiate much faster from the cylinders than in warm weather. To Kt the same results from the motor, this extra loss of heat must be made on by supplying- an extra amount .of fuel. The coollnp svsteni should also recefv careful attention to prevent any damage arlsiner from freezing. freez-ing. The radiator cells have very thin walls for rapid cooling, and the lightest freeze is liable to develop leaks. The system should be cleaned out with a solution so-lution of ordinary washing soda and water, and then an anti-freezing' solution of some sort used. A solution of calcium chloride in water has been found to be very satisfactory in all conditions. Alcohol is expensive and requires frequent renewal. Se chemically chem-ically pure calcium chloride. The commercial com-mercial form usually contains acid that is injurious to the metal narts. del a strip of blue litmus paper from the drus store, and if it turns pink in the calcium chloride put in ammonia or soda ash until it remains blue. The amount of calcium chloride to us3 may be found from the fo'lowin-.: table: Pounds of calcium Freezing point, chloride per pallon. dearce? K. 2 '. 1S.0 above i:ero S 1.5 above zero 4 17.0 hclow zero |