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Show USING AUTO IN WINTER FAVORED; Stored Car May Be Badly Damaged by Freezing and Moisture. Strange ns It may seem. It Is usually usu-ally better for an automobile, and it may be cheaper, to keep It In operation opera-tion nil winter than to lay It up. Outside Out-side of a slightly larger consumption of gasoline and Die cost of alcohol or other anti-freeze compound, it is scarcely more expensive to run a car during the winter than during the summer, wane it may ue most expensive ex-pensive to lay up a car and have it j meet with harm through cold, moisture mois-ture and lack of attention. For a car mat is in daily use must receive a certain amount of '.-are lo be kept running run-ning sufficiently, while a car that i.s locked up in a cold, sometimes snow-, bound, garage gets no attention. Must Prepare Engine. If you intend to run your car through the winter, as most people do.' you must do -three simple things, writes George A. I. tiers in the Popular Popu-lar Science Monthly. You must prepare pre-pare the engine for anti-freeze coin-pound, coin-pound, put In anti-freeze compound, and renew the latter as it evaporates or is lost through leakage. The first of these precautions amounts to little more . than seeing that your water circulation system Is tight. A small drip during the summer sum-mer Is Inconsequential; it means merely mere-ly adding water from time to time. The same drip in the winter, though. Is likely to run into money, since It is carrying away an anti-freezing mixture that costs you between 50 cents and a dollar a gallon. Rubber hose connections are the most frequent causes of leaks, and it is usually well to renew these before filling with anti-freeze if they are old or their condition Is doubtful. Renewal of the pump packing is another job that should be done before the antifreeze anti-freeze is placed In the radiator. It is also well to tighten the hose clamps and pump gland every two weeks or bo during the winter since these parts may become loosened in driving. Cement Small Leaks. Small leaks in the radiator can be repaired with a radiator leak-sealing compound. This should be done a couple cou-ple of weeks before the anti-freeze is put in, to give the cement a chance to set and harden. In addition (o Ihe various commercial ant i-freezing solutions, solu-tions, denatured alcohol, a mixture of half denatured alcohol and hal ( glycerin, glyc-erin, and calcium chloride, mixed with the water in the cooling system incorrect incor-rect proportions, supplies effective means of preventing a car from freezing. freez-ing. If your car Is in good mechanical condition the foregoing Is really all you. need to do lo enjoy it through the winter.- |