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Show jiNGCDSTS IF TRUCK FUEL Lrt Advice on How to I Substitute Kerosene I for Gas. Lous Types of Car-I Car-I uretion Devices Scien-I Scien-I tifically Discussed. I ; nut is a big item in truck opera-r opera-r 'jbipgcf item by far than it is in I -flation of passenger cars. lu I of which the problem of producing l-.jital operation has received I .Bre attention as regards tho pas-I pas-I vehielo than it has with the I . For passenger cars there aro de-I de-I . ijich show air appreciable saving I -use of casoline, but these devices I -o tounterpart for trucks of any I l! the outset let it be said with 'I -ia;is that there are means di-I di-I it hand whereby any motor truck I ;"tvpc or capacity may be made I - either kerosene or at least a mix-I mix-I -f kerosene and gasoline and, at I .'sue time, give greater mileage I in bad with ordinary gasoline. I i;th this economy there will be I ii any, interference with ordinary ,e, and there will be probably an I in power. I j very lowest fuel cost per ton mile I abef, of course, when the driving I truck is properly done, when the I ; leriods are cut to the lowest I when the most is got out of the m-m by proper carbureter ad-I ad-I - st and efficient functioning of I riitioo and other systems, at the L'jme that the cheapest fuel is used. I ir driver with a badly conditioned I iiiptit raise the fuel cost on kero-I kero-I above the figure that a skillful I M'jld run on gasoline for. I -Lomy Devices. I must also be considered the ad-I ad-I : t some device which adds f ur- : I l the economy, where there is I L -'Motion in the engine which can- , be corrected by adjustment. , I iirily the use of special devices, I : i-auxiliary air inlets, mixers, etc., I I Millie avail, since their very prets-I prets-I i'bnwledges a lack of attention ''' routine. Obviously there must be I 'i a waste of fuel when ignition I rieu lubrication is fault' be-.1 be-.1 otan accumulation of water and I ' - the crankcase because of infre-I infre-I irainings and replenishing, when I ' abound, when there are innumer-I innumer-I s in the power transmitting I '::! due to slipping clutch, drags I transmission, universal or drive I ' lick of proper lubrication. All I conditions are directly due to I "iik of n poorly trained truck oper-I oper-I It i Bin axiom among experi-I experi-I : truclBoperators that efficiency I ii trucks mean an efficient rotation system and the lowest 'f operation. I mg that the very most is got-I got-I :! of the truck-by proper care of I '"J, let us see what can be done I it the use of a different fuel I it! 'onventional gasoline. Kero-I Kero-I it one-half the cost of gasoline, I lv tuts tho fuel bill, in two, jv.I urns being equal, but cuts it I ' 'I the kerosene gives greater 3V-1 anrl more power with, better I -i Performance. The actual car- I, I ' of kerosene is simply a ques-I ques-I : the proper use of heat at tho I ' lime. hue Feeders. J I ? there are on the market more j I ""'ccs which are claimed J I t kerosene successfully. Many I I it V Bl,t 80me experimenters S 1.7 ''.ncs kavo made the, fatal 5 I " PJ0V"?? their devices on but I I ot ven'vle, and then assuming I nght for all. The inventor -J I ' ? Por,i. let us say, and do t 1 "hmacnting with that engine. 3 I .;, s,mP'.v build a larger model 3 I for, say, a two-ton track. Li., did not alwavs produce jlt.L'i' Wtcil results, and that is whv , ,1'l-r a senc installations failed .1 I he other hand, manv t i,.,1.,' with carbureters I 'k,v ! c kerscne successfully. fl I It r t.f'ruvinK that H can be ,il"Lik,i ,t.'8 c:lsy enough, and I i' m ,c ""oiivenience start-I'-'iiT" dono ou gasoline I ,,' jneengiue has cooled down to .Vc,T.'ire3 the use of an I - i rk hnld.riR a few quarts of J I 'or t. l.!s ma-v be used for a 1 I '"tell ,ho cnl?ine gt- l I 'Ms LZl, ,,le ms"a tank of 4J 1 lT'h tl10 use of this aux-3 aux-3 L4l' a ln soeinR that it is al-i al-i 1 t tn,;i operat0'- of a big fleet ' ;WS 'n Broolclvn reoentlv I V ha,i T fT'ipniont altogether I JJtfii v ten times the cost I ''on, r.?!1 one of his trucks J I ' Ale , tle",,scd d with en-''; en-''; :ion t. Kroved to he some lohl lSnt t.r whicb was fixed , :i hT?s- B,,t the cn- 1 v I ' 1 1 . that Rasoline had to l';!e oaHa"0tru Car l'assCrl I . ioaa, which was some t L ned. T',ipl,rtir P-oorl3' diR"cd cli I '"- P,J ,'cs 111 its effect on e" L"h'lo Zm,y 'biirete.l. the it I- u,,,e " Rreater deposit 1 "Wth ' WuCn.the 8'stcm is 1' I freQ . rboa,7'atio Periods S Voval' 8S, .to brinS the cost I '' Prim, : l,,Rh that anv sav--itUnt uel is wiped out. Kerosene device also brings about an accumulation of crank-case crank-case "soup," so called. .In other words lit throws down a quantity of unburned fuel, which gets into the crankcase and forms an emulsion with the cylinder oil, destrovs lubrication and wastes money while "it destroys the efficiency of the trManv of those who have tried kerosene kero-sene have brought up serious object, ons to tho ukc of water locders or, where a detachable cylinder head ,s used, to H he use of a compression plate to reduce re-duce compression. Both or e.ther ot 'these are used to prevent knocking ot e engine and rapid overheatmg Obviouslv. then, an operator -should carcf . lv investigate anv kerosene de-vtce de-vtce be ore he decide, to install .t on h s entire fleet. He should try out the various de' ices under, consideration on one of his trucks until t,ie results justify jus-tify general eqmpnicut. |