Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-04-17 | Page 17 | How's She Hitting? Hints on Car Care

H I Enjoyment of the summer tour depends on the performance of your our car This performance de- de depends tends on Its rehabilitation after he the the harsh treatment it has gotten under the rough wintry weather The fhe car Is grimy grim It rattles It clanks and so that pret- pret pretty pretty ty y nearly every part of it needs readjustment Winter Inter has been hard lard oil on it It has been too cold coldo to o get out and tune tuno It up or ad ad- adust adjust Just Its parts every once In a aI I while It has hos been too muddy to think of giving It a cleaning and oiling Now the streets have ha begun to clear upland uP and the tho roads road's calling A thinner mixture of gas and andall air all than that thal required over o win- win winter winter ter cr will result In to more Seal cal driving as it warms up Therefore the screw that controls this mixture should be turned while the engine Is running slowly slow- slow I ly y until It begins to sputter Then just the tho slightest turn back and the tho carburetor is ready for the he summers summer's driving Thinning the mixture means letting lets lees gas jas enter the cylinders tn n efficient proportion to tho air reducing carbon carbon deposit and crankcase dilution and resulting In n more mileage The radiator still sUIi reeking with alcohol or an freezing anti-freezing com com- compound compound pound should be flushed thor thor- I Irhe The rhe bottom stock cock stock should he be e opened and all the water inthe In Inthe the he cooling system drained drained out Then while the tho engine Is running run run- running running ning slowly new water should be added while the stop-cock stop Is 18 still open Water Waler should be bo kept flowing ln through the system until It cornea conies out as clear as It Is poured In Then the tho stop cock may be closed and the system filled tilled with fresh tresh water All bolts on the tho chassis body and ind engine should be tightened Winter driving has been hard on the car It has been b en shaken up to such an extent that many parts of It are arc loose Tightening of ot the bolts will prolong the tho cars car's life UCe The car needs fresh oiling and greasing as ns has haI been explained before beCore from the tho crankcase to the rear springs The engine at the same time may be flushed out with a thin oil before the kind lelnd of oil recommended recommended recommended mended by the manufacturer Is put In Kerosene should not be used for tor this purpose purI because not all of It can be drained out of ot the crankcase after flushing The Tho re remainder Is III not at all aU helpful to the oil put In later The fhe engine might need tuning up after four tour to six months of ot hard driving That's the thu Job of a II practiced mechanic It I grinding the valves alves cleaning out the carbon replacing the spark plugs where necessary and tuning timing the tho Ignition In the same process the car car- carburetor carburetor carburetor can be adjusted for tor warm weather driving i Tho The battery should be charged If J It Is below the normal density and It should be filled with pure water The short days das and long nights e have been hard on this part of the car so that very likely it Is run down Once recharged there will be no trouble with It for tor the rest of ot the year ear After these preparations and cleaning the body the car Is ready for the vacation tour