FUEL WASTE

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 15 September 1928, Page 26

FUEL WASTE

EKEf'.-EYE'OX'.THK PLUGS ..-When trying to reduce petrol eon- j sumption, motorists should first consider the engine. Any idea of saving by tinkering; with the carburettor, is to be deprecated; loss of power and damage to the&'Scngihe will more than outweigh redncget consumption. But a great deal caii;ibcsadone,with the.plugs. They will toll '-you. when,, they must have attentibii^afld many of us are content with tffatjv'';'.'>N s evertheless, the most depend.abjj&tijliigs repay .care. Make sure that i yo'n/jliaye-the plugs best suited to-your e.ngflnejiand examine them regularly, n,o.t'?oi!tjf: when they begin to misfire. -Po.tr6K'is;wasted if the sparking plugs are/not Kept up to the mark, ■..^ear^in.mind that partial misfiring is^jqitreßiely .'wasteful, and that one cy|ii(4.<;t' cbntiuuously misfiring means more than" 25, per cent, loss oi' petrol. Therefore"lc'eep the plugs clean and the spark gaps correctly set. Sparking plugs are only really" efficient for a certain length of life. A good plug will give high efficiency over exceptionally long periods, but, as a general rule, after about 10,000 miles it pays to replace the old ones with new ones.