WINTER STARTING
CORRECT OIL AND FUEL IMPORTANT FACTORS. With the cold hand of winter descending on home garages throughout the country chilling engines, the prohlem of how to get the easiest possible start is one that exercises the minds of most motorists. The problem is largcly one of the sclection of the right fuel and the coi-rect grade of oil. The thing to remember is that there is nothing cramps the style of. a good starting fuel more than an oil that is sluggish and lazy in cold weather. Choose an oil that is refined to be very fluid at low temperatures. Freeflowing characteristics ensure that so necessax-y ready response of the engine to the self-starter. Not only should the motorist be careful to select the right brand for this pur- i pose, but the correct grade is most essential. With some brands there is a grade for Arctic temperatures — where, for example, the thermometer registers 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or lower.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 256, 21 June 1932, Page 2
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