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Show LEAN MIXTURE IN THE SPRING "The approach of spring weather alters al-ters materially the conditions under which motorists have been operating their cars for several months," says Frank Kerwln. "One important thing to do is to r luce the richness of the gas mixture otherwise the motor will suffer from carbonization As a matter of fart, the rich mixtures used during i- win ter usually do cause some carbon deposits de-posits in the cylinder! and on the pis-t-n hads. These should be remove.! by the use . " kerosene or denature., aicohol. injected into the cylinders a' ni2hr. or when the motor is warm, and allowed to stand until morning. The carbon I? softened and blown out through the exhaust v. v. en th" motor is started. Or there are several eood carbon removers that can be used. It is a good thing, also to remove the ant; freeze solution from the cooling cool-ing ayati m as soon as the possibility of freeing la past. The solu'Jon can he drained into bottles or other ves-i ves-i seis and kept for another winter':? use if tightly corked. If glycerine or anything of a salty character has been' used in the radiator during the i winter, the radiator and entire cooling ! jvsiem should be thoroughly flushed i and cleaned to be sure that no deposits depos-its remain. t'.:en filled with cl-uu water." |