Show CAUSE OF HR FIRE ARE IS Ml EXPLAINED i I Advice to Owners and Driver Regarding Dan ger Dan Dan- Danger Danger ger From Flames By ny ERWIN wn GREER President Greer Collego Co of Auto Auto- Automotive Automotive motive Chicago and driver ought toI to Every 0 o oner ner I Know now What Whet to duo du d in caso tho car begins to burn up Tho principal cause duso of o Is backfiring chief causa causo of is too lean ean a mixture fed tod to the tho cylinders When there Is a n a n sheet of flame tiame cO comes from tho the air Intake bc the carburetor It If there lq 11 q anything any- any anything thing Inflammable nearby It Is la en eP apt to Catch 0 oni fire so 0 rapidlY that If It there thore Is gasoline in the drip pan there is almost sure sura to be a II sufficient mixture around the car car- car to make e trouble e There Therefore fore keep kelp the drip pan freo free from fromi gasoline See that there Is no bats leakIn eal n the supply pipe or in the con con- con connection to the tho carburetor Also overflow corn com Jug corn ee ee that there L la Lq no Jog from the due toi to toI I poor seating of the float va vaI e i car at nt high speed fota for fora fora a long lone distance may cause the cx e- e ehaust haust haust pipe to become hot It t It its s net next to any wood woo this mav cause a fire tire If It there Is an ac 1 ac- ac of grease and oil on ork Therefore mini mini- driving a this danger by tie le Ie slower than tha- and by the woodwork rico fieo from and oil The ehaust exhaust pipe aso also heats up the tho engine is run wl with h a 0 retarded spark spa rk Sometimes it t Till become red hot and aad set 01 the 1 ork on fire hale o been known nowa to catch catchI I tY y opening the muffler cutout iu II starting up This dong danger r Is great great- greater er er Inside the the- garage carafe than out of o doors since there re is Ia usually more or less leas greaso and gasoline on the garage floor snORT SHORT CIRCUITS AI O Another cause of tire fire comes from circuiting short circuiting O of ot the Ignition or systems A short circuit short the wires red hot ma may heat one of and burn oft off the Insulation It If is any accumulation of grease or oil or gasoline by a tire fire may rn start Static electricity Is sometimes a cause of ot tire fire This la t generated when gasoline Is filtered through chamois under certain conditions Some funnels have a 8 chamoIS strainer It If such a funnel tunnel does rot touch the gas gu tank a II static spark may cross the s gap P and eat tire fire to the volatilizing gasoline It la t taken tor br granted that tbt the owner of a car has ha Insured It against loss Joss by fire tire ITis Ht car Is 1 t much more mora apt to burn than h his residence and practically everyone nowadays protects protect his home through fire tire Insurance against loss by tire fire Another form of fire tire In- In Insurance In Insurance protection which ought to be be part of ot the equipment of every car ar Is 15 one on or two fire tire extinguish extinguish- extinguishers t ers erg Some Borne fire Insurance com corn companies companies panics Insist that there be fire tire ex- ex ex extinguishers on all cars car they In- In cure In-cure I ure Eure and most moat Insurance concerns I IP gh gISA a reduced rate rat to 10 ca care car thus |