Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1918 — USING GASOLINE IN WINTER [ARTICLE]

USING GASOLINE IN WINTER

Average Car Shows Tendency to Consume More During Cold Weather Than In Summer Months. It is the common experience of motorists that the average car shows a marked tendency to use nrore gasoline in winter weather than . during the warm months. A cold engine prevents the proper vaporization of the fuel and necessitates a very rich mixture. Cost of operation is thus excessive during the starting and warming-up processes. The problem is’ to shorten or eliminate this period of costly operation by heating up the engine fast, as an engine will work as well, winter or summer, after it is heated up to the even-run-ning temperature. 1