LAYING UP CAR
PRECAUTIONS NEEDED. Motorists who lay up their cars for any length of tinie should remember that, unless certain precautions are taken, there may be much depreciation of equipment in the idle period. To store a car, the four wheels should he jacked up and held several- inches clear of the ground by blocks, and the tyres should then be deflated to two-thirds of normal pressure. The radiator should J?e drained. The battery should he removed from the car, and, if possible, left with a battery station where it will receive a periodic
recharge. Alternatively, after it has been fully charged, the acid should. be poured out and replaced by distilled water. The car should not he left m a damp garage, and, if possible, it should be protected by sheeting from dust. When preparirig the car for use again a small quantity of lubricating oil should be poured into the top of each cylinder hy removing the spark- : ing-plug before the engine is started, as practically all the oil which normal- . ly covered the cylnder wall will have , drained out during the idleness of the engine, and several hundred revolu- ! tions of the eiigine are usually neces- \ sary to restore this oil film in the j ordinuary way. 1
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 251, 14 June 1932, Page 2
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