CREOSOTE OIL

Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1932, Page 8

CREOSOTE OIL

A NEW FUEL FOR MOTOR CARS

IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMY

■ \ fLON'D'O®, August 18, ■, An invention which enable? creosote, oil to be used imordinar'y p-'trtt’ entities lias been pro'duCed‘ and "Ha 1 p4‘ftved successful tdsts. i Ftirther of this device ivitf alirfdst certainly lend’tff'A 'largi' proportion of commercial motor-#fii i® ih Great Britain usin'g hoiiibpiftwluced tax-free fuel. •'

/.Not. only will more: economical roao trarisp'ort then- be available, 1 ‘ but, *lb action, help- will life given to tin co&f industry, and fojr that ‘ reason 1 jurid'epsfarid that this development-'Wjl-haVe the fullest Governiiii'enf Support.' a national point Si View ! th< importance of the invention can hardly' be over-rated. . The present price of creosote oil is 5Jd a .gallon. It is a' by-product' 1 of coalm an'll iis' riot to be cbnfnsed with the DieseroilV / Several corporations in the Midlands and' the Northf ' iricludirig the Manchester Corporation, have been rriririing buses experimentally on creosbtfe oil with the aid of the invention, arid? their reports ate generally riat s- . factory. ; 1 Tbe principle of thie invention con.sifitS in a special '.induction, system ar<l .oWburetter which are mounted to a-r .rirdihary peti-ol engine. '•The carburetter incorporates a b»,‘ifueJ feed, and: the engine is start n d idri 'Oetrol and remains on petrol w’ilc •if. is riding. But directly the throttle in Opened the whole, petrol system is init'out and the engine goes over to icpefcote oil.-;. * An imp’ ovemnt of between, ten-and Jsjxffeen per cent; in fuel edonoiriy, is jcfetSined,' arid.'ris has been' mentioned,' > jthb’iereosote oil .costs Sid* a gallon. ; !" Troubles, such as smoking at full 'throttle and when accelerating and the i dilution of the lubricating oil. Which ' affiiiVted ■ the earlier compression ignition 1 engine using 'a 'certairri. amount of development work to bo el one w't this' bi-fuel oarbriirett r r. but its simplicity and the fact that it.can.he used abort’- engines' iof "standard desigr riffe’ j, gfeatly ,in its favour