Saving Petrol
CONSIDER THE ENGINE PLUGS ARE IMPORTANT When trying to reduce petrol eon* motorists should first consider the engine. Any idea of saving by tinkering with the carburettor is to be deprecated; loss of power and damage to the engine will more than outweigh reduced consumption. But a great deal can be done with the plugs. They will tell you when they must have attention, and many of us are content with that. Nevertheless, the most dependable plugs repay care. Make sure that you have the nlugs best suited to your engine and examine them regularly, not only when they begin to misfire. Petrol 'is wasted if the sparking plugs are not kept up to the mark. Bear in mind that partial misfiring is extremely wasteful, and that one cylinder continuously misfiring means more than 25 per cent, loss of petrol. Therefore, keep the plugs clean and the spark-gaps correctly set. Sparking plugs are only really efficient for a certain length of life. A good plug will give high efficiency over exceptionally long periods, hut as a general rule after about 10,000 miles It pays to replace the old ones with new ones of the same make, and of the correct pattern for the engine. To overtake another vehicle and then to cut across its baws to proceed down a turning on the left side is a reprehensible action.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 510, 13 November 1928, Page 6
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230Saving Petrol Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 510, 13 November 1928, Page 6
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