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Show AVOID FREEZING WITIIjOLUTIONS Undiluted Kerosene Used on Cars and Trucks. As a sharp freeze may seriously damage dam-age the auto or tractor engine. It Is high time that every operator be glv-Ing glv-Ing attention to putting in some antifreeze anti-freeze that wilt prevent sucb damage. Undiluted kerosene Is being used more for antl-freeze In automobiles and trucks, and seems to give satisfactory satis-factory results. Kerosene does not transmit heat so rapidly as water, and there might be some danger of over, beating where tbe car must stand beavy continuous service. Kerosene Antl.Frsezs. A car with kerosene antl-freeze should be watched carefully If It hits to pull for considerable time In mud or snow, especially In low gear. There la some smell, but very little ' more than with alcohol. There may be some danger from Ore In the cose of bad overheating, but little or none from the vnpor given off. Kerosene Is hard on the radiator connections, but they ought to be replaced every ether year anyway. Honey has been used by a good many motorists as an antl-freeze with quite satisfactory results. A mixture of half water and half honey Is brought to a boll for several minutes and skimmed before being put Into the cooling system. This will stand a temerature of 20 below zero before freezing and then makes a slushy Ice which does not seem to do any damage. dam-age. Only water needs to be added to tbe honey solution. Alcohol Bast. Denatured alcohol Is the most common com-mon substance to use as It does not bave any destructive action on the metal or rubber hose, nor will It form any deposits of foreign matter to choke up radiator passages. It has the disadvantage that Its boiling point la lower than water. A 30 per cent solution of alcohol protects to zero, 40 per cent to 20 below, and SO per cent to 32 below. |