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If you feel installing new
antifreeze in the spring is
like celebrating Christina>
in July. then the new fact:
of motoring life haven't
been made clear t.o you.
V~rb.en last winter's short
supplies of antifreeze hit
the car-owning public, a
nun:bet of car owners
either did without a fresh
change or paid premium
prices.
What these motorists
may not have realized is
there is no urgency to
change antifreeze m late
tall or early winter. It
makes sense to change it
any time a change is need-
ed -- in July as well as
January.
Actually, car experts
say, antifreeze is a mis-
nomer. Coolant antifreeze
is a more accurate descrip-
tion of the product. It is
designed to both protect.
against the rigors of sub-
zero weather and the plus
250:F operation of a mod-
ern. high compression en-
gine in summer.
So installing a fresh
cooling system protection
may be smarter at times
when the car's air condi-
tioning is going full blast
and warm air tempera-
tures are making engines
run hotter.
Most cars are purchased
new in warm weather
months. Therefore, if one
heeds recommendations of
annual changes of coolant
antifreeze, then the
change should come in
these same warm weather
time periods.
Historic patterns of lat~
fall antifreeze changes
date back to times when
alcohol or methanol were
used as bases of the prod-
uct. These boiled away
when warm weather came
so it was important to
put in new supplies when
weather got cold again.
Today's coolant base is
ethylene glycol that can
withstand both cold and
hot temperatures.
Installing new coolant
DRi 'E... and MEN'.Too...
from DrDr. BEN s... a woman who does
Dear DeDe:
As I write this letter, I
am heartsick. I lust re-
turned /rom visiting a
neighbor's son in the hos-
pital where he has been
/or two months. He's r9
years old, a talented ath-
lete and now the doctors
say it will be a miracle i/
he ever walks again. It
seems Bob was involved in
an accident. Alter seeing
the car he was driving, it's
no wonder. The wheels
wobbled. One headlight
was completely missing.
The lront end sagged like
an old horse. Can't some-
thing be done about get-
ting death traps like that
off the highway? It may
be too late to help Bob
but what about other kids?
MRS. LMB
Silver Sprites, Md.
Dear Mrs. LM'B:
Unfortunately for Bob,
you live in a state that has
no Periodic Motor Vehicle
Inspection. Maryland is
one of 19 states that have
no compulsory check on
the safety of their cars.
Therefore, except for spot
checks by the state police,
you have no protection
against "accidents waiting
to happen" like your luck-
less neighbor's car. If you
feel strongly that a PMVI
law is needed, then write
your state representative
in Annapolis. Residents of
other states should write
their legislators, too, in
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
California, Connecticut,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Montana, Nevada, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon,
Tennessee, Washington,
Wisconsin.
Dear DeDe :
My car hasn't been run-
ning right lately and when
I took my car in lor serv-
ice, the mechanic told me
hot spark plugs would
solve the problem. I know
he doesn't mean stolen
spark plugs but what is
he talking about. Was he
kidding?
DUBIOUS IN DUBUQUE
Dear Dubious:
I don't think so. Spark
plugs are designed in var-
ious heat ranges to accom-
modate the kind of driving
the owner does. In your
case, you probably do a
lot of short-distance, low-
speed driving. Your engine
may not get properly
"warmed" and carbon may
be accumulating on your
plugs, hampering their
efficiency. So a plug with
a "hotter" heat range to
burn off carbon sounds
like a proper prescription.
I'll bet that's what your
mechanic really meant.
Ask him.
Dear DeDe :
How come you, a woman,
know so much about cars?
GT
Kingston, Ont.
Dear GT:
My first car was seven
years old when I bought
it. If something can go
wrong with a car, it went
wrong with that one. I
guess I'm just the type to
make lemonade when I'm
handed a- lemon.
antifreeze at this time of
year may save you money
and long waits for the
product next fall when
most motorists start to
worry about the need for
change.
Filters
stand
guard
Popular tourist attrac-
tions in places like Loncton.
Ottawa or Washington are
the famous changing of
the Guard ceremonies.
While not nearly as col-
orful as the rituals at
Buckingham Palace, Par-
liament Hill or the Tomb
of the Unknowns, there is
a guard changing cere-
mony that's important to
a motor vehicle.
The automotive guards
are the filters that protect
a car's engine from poten-
tially serious harm. The
air, oil and gasoline filters
help screen out foreign
materials from vital en-
gine parts.
The air filter prevents
dirt from entering the
carburetor where the air
and fuel is mixed. When
clogged, the filter can
cease functioning, result-
trig in poor engine per-
formance and, often, a
drastic loss of fuel econ-
omy. Most cars today use
disposable filters which
should be replaced at
10,000 miles as part of an
engine tune-up.
I
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Joans
Simpson
Union
Iowel
new
less.
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CREDIT UNION LOWERS NEW CAR LOAN RATES
life insurance induded
at this new low ral
down, up to 36 months
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0
0
PJ
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truck
Per Annum.
with 20% down 8/10 of 1%
per month on unpaid balance.
Shelton office: Ph. 426-1633
McCleary office: Ph. 495-3497
Ken Fredson, Manager
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