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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-12-03, Page 51an, 11 t, •0•• 11 The Signal -Star, December 3, 1970 — Car Care Supplement — Page 9E Approach of Bad Weather Calls for Tire. Check Condition of Tread's; Maintenance 01 Air Pressure Called .Vitally Important Everywhere 'With winter approaching motorists should check their tires and make sure their cars are prepared for the season's snow and icy conditions. Snow 'tires on the rear wheels with plenty of tread or added studs give the best assurance of safety and improved car performance, in cold regions of the country. For motorists in warmer climates, riew tires with good tread -should be sufficWnt. Maintaining air pressure as recommended in the owner's manual remains vitally Important. eVerywhere. Also, it is im- portant to remember that balding.tires of any type increase the chances of skidding aid cause a lack of steering and 'braking effectiveness. In the Interest of Safety Ross R. Ormsby, Chairman of the Tire Industry Safety ' Council, advises that a' 2732 inch or less tread depth in a tire is a sound guideline — in the interest of safety — for remov- ing the tire from use. New tires will aid motorists in winter weather because of their sufficient tread depth. Howeverrfor bestzesultainow toriSts should considei" get- ting snow or "studded" tires. Tires equipped, with studs give the best. assurance of traction on ice and ' hard - packed snow. What Tests Shots, National Safety Council test results indicate that when glare ice conditionsbare present at 25 degrees F. snow tires provide 28 percent better starting traction than regular tires. Studded tires that have had 2,500 miles of bare pavement use demon- strated a 183 percent im- provement in starting trac- tion while new studded tires showed 218 percent improve- ment. , Tire industry testing also indicated that cars equipped' with studded tires on all four wheels show braking dis- tance improvements by 50 percent or more. The Council warns that studs should only be installed in tires whose tread prface is "pinned" for studding. The studs should .be installed on- ly by a qualified tire dealer or at a- service station. The 'U.S. •Department of Transportation recommends a tire have no more than 150 studs. Many foreign tires have up 'to 200 stud holes, but over -studding a .tire can adversely influence its' poten- tial purpose for normal high- way use. When install Studs , Studs should be installed only when the tires are new. Older tires acquire dirt and foreign matter in the tread tion as many„ motorists sus - studs to be improperly seat- ed. Also as tires wear, the depth of the stud hole be- comes legs and newly, added studs would have too great a protusion. No stud should extend more than 2/32 of an inch from the tread. • ' For these reasons missing studs should not be replaced and tires should not be re - studded after the original studs wear out. It is equally important that studded tires are put on the same wheel each winter. When removed, they should be marked for wheel position and direction of rotation. If placed on adifferent wheel position. the following winter the studs will develop ab- normal wear patterns which can lessen the tire's ability ' to retain the stud in its tread surface. - Replacement studded tires on rear .Wheels should also be of the same size and con- struction as the convention- al tire found on the front. Should all four wheels have studded tires they should all be of the smile size and con74, struction. Check Inflation Many states and provinces restrict the months in which studded tires may be used — generally they designated a specific date in October or November and run through the winter months until April or May. He also cautioned against underinflation. Reducing the amount of pressure in a tire does not give it better trac- and stud holes, causing new pect, but actually gives less tractioh. ' Motorists were urged to maintain the .air pressure recommended by the owner's manual and to observe the maximum air pressure and load limits not- ed on the tire's sidewall. The Council cautions" that these are maximum figures on the sidewall — not recommended pressure or load ratings. Tire manufacturers rec- ommend that Inflation be checked at least once a. month. However, for every temperature change of 10 de- grees F. a tire will increase or decrease its air pressure by one pound. Therefore, DANGOR: POISOR GAS *WO HOWEVER,CORROS-„ 'IN/E-EXHAUST-AT • TEMPERATURES OF UP TO 1000 DEGREES EVENTUALLY ERODE; THE MUFFLER AND " PIPES. THEN -THE POISONOUS' GAS , CAN WORK ITS WAY INTO YOUR CAR -WITH PoSSI- BLY DISASIROU RESULTS. • INE„GAS IZESULTING-- FROM 'COMBUSTION IN YOUR CAR'S ENGINE . CONTAINS CARBON MON- OXIVE lirREATHING11115. oPoin.ess, INVISIOLE GAS aVN FOR' A FEW 6EGONC7$ CAN BE DEADLY. ONLY A TIGHT, LEAK -FREE EXHAUST • - SYSTEM KEEPS THESE - FUMES OUT OF YOUR PASSENGER COMPART-,- MEN1 • ow. NOW cic CARz (A CLU19 Short Takes, . • A tune-up improves gaso- line mile -age, and engine per- formance. Planning a trip? Consult your local service station for the best routes. .:" ori-J,ERE'S ONLY ONE 'WAY TO A650LUTLY SURE YOU WAVE A LEAK -FREE EXHAUST SYSTEM --THAT'S WITH A CHECK -UR 'ME CAR CARE COUNCIL ADVISES HAVING YOUR EiCHAUST SYSTEM EXAMINED, PERIODICALLY- ' OVEN IF IT SOUNDS FINE -- TO AVOID DANGER . z Check yotir „ windshield wipers and cleaning fluid often., • Its a good idea to check all around your car before start- ing. Make sure that there are no glass or obstructions around your tires. • During 10,000 miles of driving, spark plugs fire over 15,000,000 times. Professional BODY GUARD Service 0 a a Protect Your Car .From Rust And Winter Salt LET US UNDERCOAT YOUR CAR CUSTOM WASHING AND WAXING Goderich Car Undercoating R36 HURON RD. —Contact Ray Chisholrn at 524-8998 or 52448152, manufacturOrs urge that; tires be checked inore often during the winter months.. Modified Cars Start Hard ivr4 Engine changes to cut air- borne garbage have made tune-up tolerances Wore critical, the two men ',said. Owners of the modified cars are more apt to .find them hard to start and hard to stop — they just keep right on running after the igni- tion switch is shut off. Other common complaints are loss of power and ping- ing on„regula,y gas. This doesn't have to be if the car is kept tuned, one of them said. The engines are running hotter with wat- er thermostats up to 200 de- grees. They are burning lean- er mixtures of gasoline and the timing has been retard- ed to see that more of the gasoline is burned. If the timing of the explo- sion and carburetor settings are not just so, then glowing hot spots develop in the com- bustion chamber and fire the gasoline at the wrong time without the assistance of the spark plug, which accounts for the engine running after the switch is shut off. It can also cause pinging, which is damaging to the engine. • This is no time for untuned car trouble! Rugged winter weather is rough on your car. And your best insurance against annoying winter car trouble is our expert engine tune-up. We'll give your car a new set of depend- able ChampiOn spark plugs plus other basic tune-up items it may need. Then you're set to enjoy faster starts, .better.,gas mileage, safer .passing an d 'dependable perfor- mance all winter long! RUSTPROOFING IS OUR SPECIALTY • WORTHY'S Service Centre 79 Victoria St. 524-8612