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Show Find Olive Oil May Be Used in Automobiles PARIS Olive oil is a suitable suit-able lubricant for automobile engines, according to Prof. M. Bastet of the Agricultural Institute In-stitute of Algeria. After being pressed from the fruit, the oil must be de-acidified so that It will not corrode the metal parts of the motor. mo-tor. It may then be used In the crank case or may be graphited for use as a gear lubricant. Using a mxture of one part of olive oil to three parts of the usual mineral oil seems to give better results than the use of either oil by itself. This discovery dis-covery may solve a difficult problem prob-lem In tropical and semi-tropical countries where olives are abundant. |