The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 April 1976 — Page 21

That’s oil, folks

... OH cans may not be the most stimulating form of literature, but a few seconds spent scanning the can tops may prove worthwhHe to the maintenance-

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conscious motorist. This is particularly true with the new motor oil coding system that recently went into effect. Under the new code.

several parts of the coding system remain constant. The SAE stands for Society of Automotive Engineers and the numerals 10, 20, 30 and 40 still indicate the viscosity or flow characteristics of the oil. A designation such as 10W30 indicates a multipurpose oil covering a wide viscosity range. The W means the oil is specially suited to wintertime use. In addition to the SAE viscosity rating, there is an API or American Petroleum Institute classification of ML (Motor Light), MM (Motor Medium) or MS (Motor Severe), 1 All 1964 or later models require the MS class of oil. While cans bearing the /( I hoW-2OW-3O! I above API designations are still in circulation, they eventually will be supplanted with ones marked SA. SB, SC, SD, SE or CC. SA through SC are for light duty use such as lawn mower engines. SD oH is the generally accepted lubricant for most present-day cars. CC will be for diesel engines. The SE oUs will be used for future engines with greater heat-resistant requirements. The SE oils might be recommended for your present car if you tow a boat or trailer in high speed conditions on the long trip. Don’t kill ‘cat 9 Sometimes it isn't "business as usual" when servicing a new model car equipped with a catalytic converter. Take the matter of using a carburetor cleaner or other fuel additive. Unless these substances are used in a certain prescribed way, they could cause damage to the converter, rendering it useless. Read and follow the directions exactly.

.of i Don’t wait Etayyourcar another gallon. better mileage * bythebox. With the price of gas what it is, every gallon counts. So here’s something you should be glad to hear. By simply replacing your car's worn spark plugs with a fresh set of Champions, you can help improve your mileage. In fact, we've done a series of tests all over the country K on cars just like yours. The test results show that, overwhelmingly there s a definite improvement in mileage And there's no quicker, easier or less expensive way to get PM AM PION I better mileage than going with a fresh set of Champion vrlAIWr IV HI spark plugs. Buying a box of better mileage wherever you see the nil Wn Champion sign is what's known as making your gas money "juii. inn■ go farther. VDIBIPMmIS

Meters, liters, grams come to Canada News item: Canada has switched from the old English measurement to the metric system and the U.S. is soon to change over. Motorists will thus be thinking in terms of kilometers per liter instead of miles per gallon, among other new approaches to operating and maintaining their cars. MEASI RE FOR MEASURE Although to M>nic it may serin strange. But nothing stays the same but change; And so the pendulum now swings About the way we mea-ure things. And now the inches, yards and feel Give way to things with metric beat. And ounces, pints, gallon* and quarts Are measurements of liter sorts, ind no more think in terms of mile. Now kilometers arc in style. And when we think of melt or frecxe. ’Tis not in Fahrenheit but last's greet the news without ambivalence And cheek this table for equivalents.

To help you get ready Approximate conversions from Customary to metric and vice versa. Whea you lunw:You caa find; If you multiply by: inches millimeters 25 feet centimeters 30 J yards meters 0.9 5 miles kilometers 1.6 S millimeters > '• inches ° 0.04 3 centimeters inches 0.4 meters yards 1.1 kilometers miles 0.6 S square inches square centimeters 6 5 square feet square meters 0 09 < square yards square meters 0 8 square miles square kilometers 2 6 acres square hectometers (hectares) 04 square centimeters square inches 016 square meters square yards 1.2 square kilometers square miles 0.4 square hectometers (hectares) acres 2.5 ounces grams 28 m pounds kilograms 045 5 short tons (metric tons) 09 S grams ounces 0.035 kilograms pounds 2.2 megagrams (metric tons) short tons 1.1 ounces milliliters 30 pints liters 047 q quarts liters 0.95 o 5 gallons liters 3 8 milliliters ounces 0 034 ~*> liters pints 2.1 liters quarts 106 liters gallons 026 degrees Fahrenheit degrees Celsius 5/9 (after sub | tracting 32) £ degrees Celsrus degrees Fahrenheit 9/5 (then add 32) ('.LIP AND SAVE the above table which fi:rni*he» you with a quick and easy way to learn the equivalents of the customary to the Metric syMem. Io which the U.S., will convert MM>n.