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Show WAY TO PREVENT GAS LIME FROM FREEZING Due to Fact That Water Gets Into Garage Supply. Every winter gas lines freeze because be-cause of water in the tank. This is mainly due to the fact that water gets into the garage gasoline supply from the street level because the driver of the supply wagon does not sponge out the tilling chamber before unscrewing the cap. thus allowing rain and melted snow 'j run into the rMENt -5pjjjOFF i; INS. OF CHAMBER" J,N THE SUPPLY PIPE Lower End of Supply Pipe in Tank Is Cut Off. storage reservoir, from which It is pumped into the tanks of automobiles along with the gasoline. I found that by cutting off about one and one-half inches from the lower low-er end of the supply pipe, a reservoir reser-voir of more than a gallon Is formed at the bottom of the tank. There Is another advantage In this arrangement : If you happen to run out of gasoline, you can unscrew the tank plug and fill some of the reserve uito the vacuum tank. Ernest T. Oldfelt, In Popular Science Monthly. |