PARKING "IN GEAR" NOT ALWAYS SAFE.

NZ Truth, Issue 1017, 23 May 1925, Page 15

PARKING "IN GEAR" NOT ALWAYS SAFE.

The practice of trusting to the engine's compression by leaving the car m gear as an extra precaution against its coasting away when parked is' safe enough when the emergency does not hold well, provided the valves do' not leak compression. Sometimes if they are unseated through too much carbon or if . they are held slightly, open through', too clo£e tappet adjustment, they will .offer a handy escape for the engine's compression and render it incapable of offering a. satisfactory check on the car when left m gear.