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Show MUCH DEPENDS ON LUBRICATION Engine Is Heart of Car and Its Condition Gauges Re-sale Price I pon the single factor of correct lubrication depends not only the life period of an automobile, but its efficiency effi-ciency In day by day service. 1 epreclatlon. expensive repairs, low gasoline and tire mileage, wasted power .'ill can be traced to fault) !u-bticutlon. !u-bticutlon. Yet this is a feature little lit-tle understood and too often neglected neglect-ed bj the nverage automobile owner. Men otherwise careful about their cars seem totally indifferent when it comes to lubricating oil I guess I reed some oil." they tell the garage man. And because the cost of oil pood or bad. Is so small they think It make.-- little difference what oil the get Vet the fact Is that 75 per cent of engine troubles are due to failure to use the right oil In the right way FRICTION IS COSTLY. Little wonder, then, that automobile iu..nufacturt i h emphasize the value and true significance of correct lubrication. lu-brication. In cery automobile engine there an many moving parts. Should these metal surfaces rub together, friction results A ml friction la destructive In two ways It wears down parts and wwwwyb in ii iii prevent ibis I dangerous contact, a thin film of oil must be Introduced between the surfaces sur-faces to act as a buffer and to absorb I the heat caused by continuous motion I Thus the oil wears away and the metal ,U protected. But the oil must be en-tlrely en-tlrely correct In quality and body iith-eiwlse. iith-eiwlse. It falls In Its purpose the mov-Ing mov-Ing surtace.s grind together, t xcessh e !n at develops and the engine Is on Its jioad to the scrap heap. Here, then, v.. have the first result of Incorrect "glvc-me-eorae-oU" lubrication ENGINE is HEART. An engine which Is grinding against itself, which is subjected to excessive I I. eat, must of necessity wear Itself out Lnd when your engine Is "all In. so I is your car It Is the engine not the coat of new paint that determines Its , re-sale value Many owners after the firM e..r. must chargo off 33 1-3 pet cent for depreciation. At hundreds jof second-hand salos. cars bring only about 10 per cent of their original ,eost. Because they, have seen long (hard service? No. Becauso they have' been torn to pieces by wear and tear under Incorrect lubrication- And so Ibis Item of lubricating oil, perhaps! relatively the smallest outlay of the jcuietul automobile owner, becomes the! I irest factor in determining the life I of his car. Out the poorly lubricated motor results re-sults not alone In depreciation. Unlike Un-like the- deacon's one lioss shav" It Oes not pound .ilong until It "falls completely to pieces. Week after week It must be trundled Into the re-1 ,1-alr Fhop. Month after month Its upkeep bills must bo met Scored' ' N u,uU ' - 1 ' ' ' 1 " re-ground, worn , pistons, piston rings and bearings have' been replaced, engine knocks and wor-i :los caused by carbon hav- mounted i I I 1111 appreciable sum. yet ba k of1 these repairs lies the same cause', friction between moving parts of the: engine And the smallest charge fori f, "fUFK ro,,alr wUld have cove,,-,! the bill for the remedy for a year a I I supply of the best oil. Still owners i P m money and dlasatls- ! ruction, and Isoon- the simple solution I 1 --con ect lubrication E.ST MORE (. Vsoi ink. Even upon the apparently unrelated! factors of gasoline and tire mileage, I lubrication has an effect The budly lubricated engine cats up gasoline to I an alarming degree, and with all the ' wsle, still fails to deliver th. power Ii -hould. This Is because fuel charges! escape past the piston rings during thej compression and agnln on the power siiokes Full power can result only! .from .i propei platon ring seal, and this is effected iiv an nil of the cor-ii cor-ii ' t body and character to suit th,. piston pis-ton clearance of your engine- An oil of Incorrect bod allows a minute wantage on each piston stroke, but multiplied by millions, this loss may '.i mount to several gallons a day. And ddltlon to this waste, rras leakage n. to the base so thins tho oil that ' umed-OUt bearings are Inevitable I articularly in winter, when the choker Is being used the crankcaso should be frequently cleaned and refilled re-filled with fresh oil. And as regards the effect on tires one haB only to recall the choppy laboring la-boring progress of a car when Its on-Klnc on-Klnc is functioning improperly to realize re-alize that a pounding nglne greatly Increases tire hi ruin through Inci e.i vibration. Correct lubrication, withi Its corresponding regularity of engine action means smooth running and tlrel i oonomy, |