Cleanliness

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 782, 1 October 1929, Page 6

Cleanliness

Some Simple Hints

Keep the garage floor clean. Oil has a deleterious effect upon the tyres. When doing repair work, especially if dropping the lower crankcase is involved, it is a good practice to have a fairly large receptacle, such as a two-quart kitchen pan, half full of kerosene at hand. As the nuts, bolts and small parts are removed they may be dropped into this and the kerosene will dissolve the accumulated dirt while the adjustments are being made. The crankcase pan should also be thoroughly scrubbed and rinsed with the engine kerosene, both inside and out, each time it is removed. It will be much easier to re-assemble the engine if all the parts are clean, and besides, dirt will have no chance to get into the working parts. These remarks apply forcibly to car owners or garage owners who keep an oil drum or pump. A clean place should be provided for this and other equipment, such as cans, grease guns, etc. Great care should be taken not to put a dirty can on the oil reservoir drain-back, because the dirt will be carried down into the tank and settle in the bottom and contaminate the oil. The oil cans and measures should be perfectly clean, inside and out, and hung up when not in use. It does require considerable effort to keep dirt, dust, grit and chips away from oil. However, the effort is well worth while when we consider the 'great damage dirty oil may do.