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Hum Clean Air Song
It used to be when a mo-
torist pulled into a service
Iru outlet and told an employee
to "ChAck the air," it was
natural assumption to look
at tire pressure.
Today, checking the air has
an additional meaning,. It
means checking the engine
to make sure the ,car is not
adding unduly to the na-
tion's air pollution problem.
Even though the nation's
auto manufacturers have
taken significant strides in
. reducing air pollution from
automobile engines, the fail-
ure of the car owner to, keep
his engine • in • shape has
helped slow progress,
For example, studies by
Champion Spark Plug Com-
__panylhowthat 'a Ave per-
cent incidence of spark plug
misfiring, caused by engine,
neglect, can increaSe the
emission of pollutants-by 300°
percent: ,And studies by a
group at the University of
Michigan engineering school-
Show that harmful emissions
can be reduced by an aver-
age of 55 percent after a
tune-up.
1101' TUNE-UP CONTROLS
POLLUTION
Causes of pollutants are
the. wastes from gasoline
that are incompletely
burned. These waSteS are
minimized in a tuned engine.
when an engine is out of
tune, there may not be corn-
plete combustion of the gas-
oline/air mixture and a
greater production of "con-
taminants is the result..
Therefore; an engine check
every 5,000 miles and a corn-
*" piete tune-up every 10,000
miles is redommended.
In addition to elements of
a .tune-up, there- are oth6r
key items to help cut down
on pollution: the PCV valve,
the oil filter, the air filter
and the gas filter. ¤ *
PCV means "positive,
crankcase ventilation," but
we can call it "pollution con-
trol valve" for easier under-
standing. The system has a
valve which regulates the
flow of noxious fumes into
the carburetor so that en-
gines will continue to run
while reducing pollution.
PCV valves should be
changed every 12,000 miles
or every tune-up. If a valve
becomes plugged or worn it
is useless,
Oil. FILTER: Smoke,-
belching engines are worn
out. They wear out
grit, acids and other junk in
the oil "enlarge the cylinder
walls permitting- the engine
to burn the oil.
The best way to prevent
this., polluting wear is to
change oil and oil filter at
least every 4,000 miles.
AIR FILTER: With every
gallon of gasoline a car
burns, it also inhales 10,000
gallons of air. If the air is
dusty, the grit wears out the
cylinder walls, permitting oil
to Pe burned, which pollutes.
Also, as the filter traps dust,
the amount of air entering
the engine is reduced •en-
riching the fuel-air mixture,
which pollutes.
So change the air filter
every tune-up. • •
GAS FILTER:..Grit in gas-
oline can, plug carburetors
and cause stalling. So 'it's
also important to change
gasbline filters.
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