AFTER A LONG RUN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 November 1927, Page 15

AFTER A LONG RUN

EXAMINE CAE. CAREFULLY. Each time the car has done a long run the owner, if he he wise, will go round the car with a spanner testing the tightness of all nuts not secured by split pins. Tims may many rattles be discovered and ended. Every five or six •weeks valve tappet clearances should be tested, and the. necessary adjustments made. The sparking plugs should also be cleaned and the gaps adjusted if, as is probable, they are too wide. No regular period can safely be laid down for the removal of carbon deposit irom the piston heads and for the grinding of valves. The engine will itself give some indication that cleaning is necessary. There will be a tendency to knock when climbing hills or when accelerating.

The carburetter should need little attention beyond periodic cleaning, and in general the maker’s adjustments should not be altered unless the consumption of fuel becomes extravagant. It is presumed that the owner will keep a record of the daily mileage and of the number of gallons of petrol and oil used. This done, a simple calculation at the end of each month willi provide a check on the rate of fuel consumption. If the figure tells much! below that given by the maker, it | may be necessary to make adjustments, but dirt is often the principal cause of wmste.