STALLING THE ENGINE.
TILLER CAP CAN DO IT. Aside from the possibility of l-osing the ga'S trunk filler cap, it pays to be caircful where it is placed when removed. The filler cap can stall the engine. - Suppose, for rnstanrec, the, cap is placed’ on (the: groan'd : or -on the run-ning-board where there' may be cakes of irant or 'oily dirt from the- garage floor..
Suppose the -small hole;-in the centre Of the cap is plugged wi-t-li this dirt? This hole, though sm-rcely more than a. pinhole, is a vital part, of the vacuum system used on the majority of makes of ears. It is a. veiut for the rear tank and is indispensable to the,' fuel systole.
Main'y car owners are sceptical of this. One way to learn the truth is to stick ai piece of chcwing-gum over .the hole and drive, along until the vacuum tank goes dry.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 January 1929, Page 13
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150STALLING THE ENGINE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 January 1929, Page 13
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