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Show .CONSERVE EDS IS NEW MOTTO; Eight Million Cars Are Used Daily in U. S., Eating Gasoline Gas-oline Galore The present situation In the motor fuel field Is such that all of us must bend every effort to conserve gasoline gaso-line In every possible way. not only I by obviating actual wasto, but by got-j ting the utmost out of the gas thai wei do use There is no shortage In most sections of tho country, but there may I eaall) he one if we are not all careful hi our use Of this now precious fluid Economy, like charity, begins at home If we can Impress on the Individual In-dividual car owner the fact that every ev-ery fuel waste must he multiplied by S.oOO.100 to nrrlve at the grand total, hi ni i see wh the spoonful or so cf urn hi wastej per da; In reilly Important Im-portant If each ot the 8,000,000 ur owners in the country wastes half a pint of pa.Mollno per week the ti.tnl amounts to 'i00,o0o gallons each week, r -'1,000,000 gallons per annum. That is h each, of us must do his in-divldual in-divldual best if wo are to avoid a shortage of motor fuel in the near future. . i ho flit point of attack In the campaign m cut down fuel consumption consump-tion Is the carburetor. It has been s-ii.i that the average car owner runs bis engine on a fuel mixture pesi'iy twice as rich In gasoline as- It needs to be; in fact the engine will Rive its best work on a mixture as lean as possible, l'ractlcally all modern car-ouretor.-i have a lde range of adjustment, ad-justment, so ihat all tho air needed i. bt got by adjusting the Instrument. Instru-ment. Itself. It Is a very simple matter mat-ter to set the carburetor for more and more air until the mixture is too thin f"i" proper operation and then turn back until the engine is running run-ning smooth) again with maximum air intake PI KI. MIXTURE. ThU QUMudh. of fuel mixture is a Vtn important one, since, If American motorists habituajl ran n a mixture I ha I U I , IW Ii e I .'h .IN lief. I 1m. I no cwu.'.ujiii'i.Hiii .ji K.isi.ji me nuuiu ue JUM twice as great as the actual needs. In the Interest of patriotism, then, let ever car owner make sdre that he It using a mixture Just oj lean as Is consistent with proper operation. Moffqvr Ihf. engin- may actually run better on the leaner mixture, to nothing of the reduction of cur-bon cur-bon deposits that will ensue. Having adjusted the carburetor to , ,. tiio proper fuel mixture, the entire fuel system oujtht to be gone over lurt in the pipes, rust in the sti ilners or foreign matter In the gasoline lank help lu cut down the efficiency ef-ficiency of tho whole engine. Leaks In the system should be carefully hunted down and eliminated. This power leaks for waster power means additional consumption of fuel to mako good the deficiency. In this category will bo found a muffh r clogged uiili ..i. n suiting In hack procure, which cuts down the efficiency of the engine. Carbon deposits de-posits In the cylinders cause waste of power and excessive consumption of fuel waste Is cumulative In effect If the fuel mixture is too rich. It not only wastes fuel directly, but pro-d pro-d 14 - carbon deposits in tho cylln-d cylln-d rs and -...t in the muffler, which causes further useless dissipation of iho fuel energy. |