DIESEL ENGINES

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 115, 17 May 1930, Page 27

DIESEL ENGINES

EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS

Mr,. Louis Coatalen, the well-known English automobile designer, has been experimenting for some years \with Diesel engines and is now reported to have produced what he claims a successful type, Diesel for land, sea, "and air. The speed range of the motor is 200 to 2200 revolutions and it is said to accelerate quickly and smoothly, and that in bench tests under running conditions the performance has. been entirely satisfactory. It is. only lately that designers- of small high speed engines have turned their attention to the Diesel type and the chief problemhas been to get the power weight ratio low enough. , Progress is also reported in America, a company which has been building Diesel type engines for stationary plants for the past 12 years having recently constructed a car engine of this type for experimental purposes. Tested in a car weighing about two and a-half tons this engine accomplished a run of 2780 miles at an average speed of 32 mvp.h. and with the remarkably good fuel consumption figure of 27 m.p.g. ' ' . A fabric body should not be neglected for long. If left, dirt will become ingrained into.the material and present a dull appearance even after hosing. Very dirty fabric can be cleaned by washing down with just warm water and soft soap. Polishing is effected by the use of a suitable preparation, of which there are many on' the market. Occasional cleans during the week, for instance, can be effected by brushing the dirt off and then polishing. - " • ; \ It pays to look after a new car; second-hand value" is greatly affected by appearance and if one starts right away with a new car cleaning it regularly, subsequent -operations do not involve such hard labour as if left for weeks on end.;, Then, after a season's use, the car will still have, its bright appearance and the owner will realise that the cleaning was worth while.