UNDUE OIL CONSUMPTION.
Undue oil consumption may be produced by a variety of causes. Bearing wear, can contribute to this trouble by increasing the quantity of oil thrown on to the cylinder walls. Other common faults leading to a high oil consumption are worn rings and cylinder bores which have become tapered or oval through long usage.
The degree of wear in the bores can easily be measured with the micrometers available at any big repair shop, and, if excessive, must be corrected. The two courses which are open to the owner are (a) forming a fresh bore in the existing metal, which is usually done by honing; after this new* pistons of appropriate size must be fitted; (b) boring out the block to take liners of. iron, centrifugally cast (or of alloy steel), which wear longer than ordinary cylinder irons, and in some cases enable the existing pistons to be used again. The decision to be taken really depends upon the service which the car has already given and the time which the owner is likely to keep it after the work has been done.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3446, 22 March 1932, Page 2
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186UNDUE OIL CONSUMPTION. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3446, 22 March 1932, Page 2
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