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B10-Sunday News, February 24, 1980

Peter Brand Invites You |
to Take Advantage of This

$3002 Tune-up

—Until March 1st only. most cars

‘Includes replacing plugs, points, condensor, set dweil
& timing. All ignition components replaced with Wynns

and are for 6 months, also a,
complete BCAA diagnostic report.
also includes checking
® distributor *high tension leads
*belts *cooling system
*exhaust system * fluid levels
*shocks | * front suspension assembly
*steering mechanisms * air filter gasoline filter
*tires “all signal lights

Peter Brand Motors

1519 Clyde Ave. West Van.
922-3231

We like to keep a good thing going
We are open Mon.-Fri. 8-5 p.m.

| American-made

Breaking in the new car

s
Goals to aim for
When cold tem-
peratures fall below the
freezing mark, many

motorists postpone buying a
new car until the warmth of
spring. But, they are passing
up the best season of the
year to break-in a new
automobile, according to the

British Columbia Auto-
mobile Association.

Lower outside tem-
peratures mean lower

operating temperatures and
less pressure on new engine
and transmission parts. The
colder it is, the better for
building a long life of a new
vehicle.

But whenever you choose
to buy a car, remember that
it is a new piece of equip-
ment which needs special
attention. Owner's manuals,
especially those of

cars,
usually don't stress the
importance of a careful

break-in period toward long
auto life.

The average break-in
period for a new car is about
6,400 km with the first 3,000
km the most crucial.

For the first 800 km the
club advises to keep engine
speed low — below 2,500
rpm on a tachometer, or
about half the recommended
Maximum engine speed.

Check the owner’s manual
for normal maximum speeds
in the various gears and use
no more than half that for
both manual and automatic
transmissions.

Keep to a maximum road
speed of 70 to 80 kph. That
means staying off freeways
in the beginning. Avoid
short trips, trailer towing,

and extended idling. Try to
drive a minimum of 80 km at

permit and the engine is
completely warmed up.

After 3,000 km, says the
BCAA, begin operating the
car according to your
norma! routine. If you tow a
trailer, -you can do. that
safely, too.

The club stresses a close
eye on engine oil tevel:
consumption is higher when
a Car is new. Maintain the oil
level within a half-quart of

a

wide range of operating
conditions early in its life
will improve economy and
reliability later.

Maintenance checks. are
as important as_ special
driving habits. Remember
that lubricants play a par-
tcularly large role now, oil
changes are critical for a
long life. Change ail
lubricants and filters at 1.600

auto

a time
completely warmed up.

so the car gets

Begin each start on a cold
engine with a two-minute
idle to make certain that the
oil has a chance to circulate
well in the engine.

Between 800 and 3,000 km
on the odometer gradually
increase the speeds in
shifting. An occasional full-
throttle burst is permissible
when traffic and safety

“full”. Oil is a coolant as well
as a lubricant.

All this may seem unduly
fussy to people who only
keep a new Car two to three
years. And, admittedly,
these are goals to aim for,
not rigid rules.

While some of
recommendations may be
contrary to good fuel
economy practices, the
additional fuel used in ex-
posing a new vehicle to a

these

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WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Environmental Protection
Agency, in a move to curb
respiratory ailments that can
be caused by. diesel
emissions, Thursday an-
nounced new anti-pollution
controls on the increasingly
popular engines.

The agency said the
controls will reduce the
amount of diesel soot

released into the air by 74
per cent by 1985 — a
reduction of from 40,000 to
66,000 metric tons per year.

The controls will add
more than $150 to the cost of
new cars and small trucks by
the model year 1983, but will
not affect fuel mileage, the
agency said.

EPA administrator
Douglas Costle said diesel
particles need to be con-
trolled because they can
cause lung and respiratory
diseases. Although the
agency is studying whether
the fumes

cause cancer,
Coste said the new controls
are not related to chat
possibility

“Like other particulate air

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pollution, diesel par-
ticulants, when inhaled,
increase a person's chances
of developing lung in-
fections, bronchitis, or other
respiratory ailments,” Costle
said.

“But diesel particles are
especially fine matter,
capable of deeply
penetrating people's lungs.
In addition, diesel soot is
emitted at ground level
where people are directly
exposed.”

The findings of the $10
million cancer research

km and again at 4,800 km to
ensure favourable conditions
for the
process.

long break-in
Transmission and
differentials must be = in-
cluded in this maintenance,
because their oil supplies
often have no filters and
abrasive metal particles in
the oil can shorten com-

ponent life if allowed to
accumulate.

diesels

program will be known later
this year and the EPA then
“can begin evaluating
whether the cancer issue will
effect the diesel’s future,”
Costle said.

Diesel engines, in-
creasingly popular because
they provide better mileage
with cheaper fuel than
gasoline- powered ones, were
used in only 4 per cent of the
new cars turned out last
year. but the auto industry
expects them to be mounted
in 20 per cent of the car fleet
later in this decade.

A new country

UNITED NATIONS (UPI) -
The U.N. Secunty Council
has unanimously agreed to
recommend the Canbbean
island nation of = Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines
as the 153rd member of the
United Nations

Saint) Vincent and the
Grenadines a former British

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colony and = part of the
Windward = Islands) group
with a population of only
100,000 people. will take its
place in September after the
General Assembly approves
its membership.

The Security
recommendation
to be accepted

Council
is Certain

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