OILS IN SEASON

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 71, 24 March 1934, Page 17

OILS IN SEASON

THE WINTER START

PRONOUNCEMENT

■:?» -The following statement -was recently' _.„, issued by the Society of Automotive i J;'. -Engineers, U.S.A.:— ' . ■ •..." ■■,-,. '^ r°toris^ in the past have been,led •pVto believe that heavier oils are better than light oils/ This is a .^mistake. The only reason for not using T'l. light oils all the year round is that oil consumption is reduced somewhat when heavy oils are put in the engine. The v:; difference in consumption between - 1:. heavy oils and light oils is not so great '•'-.-as. is usually imagined. Using light oils in cold weather, the consumption .„,. may be no greater than that of heavy ■^ oils in hot weather. ;■'■!•:■ ""Tie • society, in co-operation with * V the oil industry, therefore has worked ■y, out arid adopted:the' S.A.E. numbers ; for crankcase lubricants which are now ■^.universally, specified in automobile in- ; ,i; struction books. These recommendations, and the charts issued by the oil companies, may be safely and profitably -'» f oll°wed. They represent the conclu'r sions of all the' best automotive en^gineers. and oil producers. '-.. ? "The records of thousands of automobile service stations show that the •'?■ great majority of motorists are not-fol-lowing these recommendations through '2;& belief that it will cost them more to do so. Quite the; contrary, however, are the facts. A motorist who insists ■m upon using summer oils in winter may ■'• save a maximum of 2 dollars.or 3 dollars a season by using a little less oil, ... put. in returnhe may. shorten the life -■.?■ ;tof kJs engine, so greatly that ten times .£> the: saving would be insufficient to reV; Pair' t netaechanical damagedone. ' a! ' "Anianiiv hip boots""can wade through .5.3 water with comparative ease; imagine ;.-■: ?im, wading through molasses or road X:tarJ.i,,An.d yet, Mr. Motorist, that is What you ask the moving parts of your I engine to .do in starting on a cold' morning when you are using a heavier grade of oil than .that recommended in '•tyour automobile instruction book for ■=;^ the-.temperature-- range encountered. !tj;.Qil gets,more viscous and adhesive as ci" we" temperature .is .lowered, even to the point where the battery will not ,-.; tv™ the engine over with sufficient .„: - speed to enable you to start.-----.4 "Investigations have shown that; be- * yorid doubt, the greater share of corny plants of 'can't get started' on those ■ mornings when: the temperature is »y- around the zero mark, are due to too >:■ heavy oils. Use. the number reeom- -; m?iided.,_by, your dealer,, or by your .^..automobile instruction, book, or by a :i"S : «*ectl^.:inf(Srn l ,ed station attendant, ■■' 'and you will have little trouble," '