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Show PROTECT YOUR CARJROIV! GOLD Summary of Precautions Which Will Serve Both Efficiency and Economy. Best Methods to Employ to Banish Terrors of Winter Win-ter Motoring. V The care to be given the automobile during the winter months depends entirely en-tirely on the amount of use one expects ex-pects to get out of the car. Jf the automobile au-tomobile is to be used on clear days only in those sections of the country where there is a reasonably heavy snowfall, snow-fall, and where the temperature is likely to be below freezing, it is desirable to keep the car in a heated garage, though this is not essential, If the car is to be kept in constant use, the motorist who stores his own car will find it of considerable advantage to install a simple garage heater. Otherwise it will be difficult to 6tart the car if the weather is cold, especially with the low grades of gasoline now provided as fuel. Jf the car is to bo kept in service, perhaps the most important thing to do is to use some anti-freezing compound in tbe radiator to prevent the parts of t he cooling system from freezing. A frozen pooling system usually results in cracked cvylinders or water jackets, burst radiators or sheared pump drives. While there is some difference of opinion opin-ion regarding the best anti-freezing solution, so-lution, there are a number of good pat- cnted preparations on the market. Motorists Mo-torists who do not care to make their own solution should use one of these compounds. Before considering the various va-rious possible materials that can bo added to water to. lower its freezing point, let us consider what one expects of an. efficient anti-freezing compound. Lubrication Important. When proper care has been taken of the cooling sstem to prevent freezing, v the next important point to observe is tho lubrication of the motor and power-transmission power-transmission parts. The grade of oil to be used depends entirely on the oil system provided in tho engine. As a f;eneral rule, it is customary to use a ighter grade of oil in the winter than that utilized during warmer weather. Tho gearbox and differential gear should bo filled with a heavy-bodied steam-cylinder oil instead of the heavier heav-ier greases normally employed. The ordinary or-dinary grado of gearbox grease will hfirdeu up enough in ' cold weather so the. gears will merely cut tracks in tho grease as they revolve, and as there will be no lubricant to cushion the gear teeth, this lack of lubrication will cause considerable noise and wear. Cases have been known where a gearbox groase has solidified to such an extent that it was difficult to shift tho gears. The same thing applies to differential and driving driv-ing gears in the rear axle. .During cold weather one naturally expects a certain amount of difficulty in starting a car. If the engine is provided pro-vided with compression relief or priming prim-ing cocks, a small hand oil can may be filled with a gasoline and ether mixture mix-ture the proportions being about half and half and kept tightly cocked to prevent evaporation of the volatilo liquids. On a cold morning when the motor is hard to start, a little of this liquid may bo injected into tho cylinders cylin-ders through the priming cook, or by removing the spark plugs if relief cocks aro not provided, and the motor will j bo started without difficulty. Wimple r primers may be obtained which consist of a small pump connected to the gasoline gaso-line tank and supplying fuel to a spray-iu spray-iu nozzle located in tho intake pipe, po that a rich mixture may be secured for starting even if tho carbureter docs not supply the necessary gas. Priming Device. Another priming device consils of a small can placed on the dashboard and connected to the intake manifold with a very fino copper tube. A nccdlo valvo is provided, which may bo opened to allow the priming- liquid, in this case ether, which evaporates very rapidly, to g" into the manifold and form a gas, on which the engine can bo started. An old stocking filled with sand may be heated in a stovo oven and wound ground the induction manifold and the carbureter to impart heat to these members mem-bers and facilitate evaporation of tho mixture. One should never use a naked flame in warming up a manifold, as this practice may result in setting a car on fire. There is, however, no danger if the hot sand-bag is used for heat. During cold weather if a car is kept in a cold garage and n anti-freezing mixture is not used, it "is good practice to fill tho cooling system with' boiling hot water before trying to start, Lot the engiue run slowly for at least five minutes before trviug to run the car in cold weather. This heats up the parts and insures that the ongino lubrication system will function properly. Never start right off with nn engine that has just started and which is still cold. The engine will operate more smoothlv if allowed to warm up by running "idle before it is called upno to deliver any power. As tho main trouble in running the ca r in winter is usually nvercooling, r many motorists disconnect the fan belt ' in order thnt the air draft through the S , radiator will uot cool the water to such a point that the engine will not run efficiently. Various forms of fell-lined leather shields may bo covered to retain j heat, and in some of these a curtain i I included, which may be rolled part way up to expose a portion of the radiator to the cooling draft. Some cara of mod-1 mod-1 ern design are provided with shutters ! at the front of tho radiator which may !be opened by a rod extending to the scat, and which may be partially closed to obstruct tho air flow through the passages and prevent too rapid cooling of tho water. The Storage Battery. The storage battery demands careful inspection and frequent charging during the winter, if the car is not in service, I to keep it in good condition. Jf the icar is in service and a self-starter is I used, care should be taken uot to make i excessive demands upon the battery, ! because its efficiency is greatly reduced ! by cold weather. Thero is no danger that a properly charged storage battery ; will freeze, even at the extreme tcm-i tcm-i pcraturo met with in the northern j states and in such portions of Canada where weather conditions permit motoring motor-ing in winter. If the storage battery is not properly charged the electrolyte will freeze and the battery will be ruined. Give the batterv of a car that is only occasionally occasion-ally used a freshening charge from an outsido source periodically, as it is possible pos-sible that more current may bo taken out of it than put into by the car generator. gen-erator. If a car is 'Maid up," it is not necessary to tnke tho battery out of the ear to keep it in good condition. If the engine is run about an hour or two a week at a speed corresponding to a road speed of eighteen or twenty miles per hour, euongh electricitv will be supplied sup-plied the battery to keep it well charged, provided that it is fully charged when laid up. It is wcil in laying up a car to jack it up so that the tires will be relieved of the car weight, and to release part of the air pressure, keeping only enough :iir in them to round them out well. Then cover tho entire car with a special paper or cloth cover to exclude light and dust. If the car is stored in an extremely ex-tremely cold place, it is advisable to remove the tires and tubes from the rims and to store these in a dark place having a moderate temperature. Extreme Ex-treme eold may cause the rubber to rr:u-k if the tires arc not iu use. 1'roiu Motor Life. |