a 7 _ __ Page B9, August 12, 1979 - Sunday News - Most cars have a Goimon problem, especially during. the heat of the summer when motorists end up jammed -bumper to bumper. on the _comes when the temperature - gauge or the temperature warning light cither reaches the "danger zone or comes on, When that _happens,-you- engine, and open the hood to” let it cool off. This takes time, but it’s safe’ and easy. After the engine has cooled, ‘Tighways. ‘It’s called “engine .. Overheating” and it’s caused by the engine coolant getting too hot to permit it to ef- ficiently bring .down the temperature of the engine. ‘FIRST WARNING The first. warning of engine overheating usually ‘of the road, don't, have too long before expensive engine damage: DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS There are, of course, a number of -different ‘solutions to the problem but, | in general, two work best. The first, and most common, is to pull the car to the side shut off the Oil level. the—driver—ean—check —the coolant level i in the radiator. Another way, which is best suited for either traffic jams on the highway or when you're forced to creep along “at a very slow pace, is to turn the car heater and fan to the’ highest setting. It may make the car a bit uncomfortable inside, but it’s the fastest way there is to draw off the . EXCESS heat e - “STOP &GO”" Yn “stop and go” traffic, turn on the fan and heater as soon as the ‘car shows signs of overheating. If it reaches the danger zone or the light. comes on, put the car in “neutral” and step on the gas pedal very lightly with both the fan and heater on “high”. heat at a much faster pace. _ SAFETY REMINDER Never take the radiator ‘cap off when the car is “overheated! . - The pressure that has been built up could easily blow idle and will dissipate the - . the coolant right out the ~ ening and you-could be severely burned. —_ ; Bumper Talk is a. column for automotive do-it-yourselfers, prepared. in association with Bumper to Bumper, . Canada’s largest network of auto parts and accessories ‘stores. Gas being used as bait for U.S. tourists NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. (UPI) - An advertisement of a young woman pumping gasoline into a car with Niagara Falls in the background is one way businessmen on the U.S. and Canadian sides of the falls are promoting touristm. The ad, which first ap- peared. Tuesday ~ in. newspapers in a dozen major eastern U.S. cities, stresses the availability of gasoline in the area. “Lots of gas - 7 days a week,” the advertisement -‘and cool, reads. ons Glen Hoover, president of the Niagara Falls Motel Association, said the main reason for the ads was that tourism -.which the area. depends upon heavily - has been down this year, in part because of the gasoline crisis cloudy weather early in the season. Hotel ‘the word out to counter the ‘negative publicity we've enerenne ae __ “We decided to try and get you just have to drive over the bridge to Canada and there’s plenty of gas.” b ing,” id. cen getting,” he said . He said the idea of an ad “Our concern was we came up during a recent weren't: having a real ‘luncheon, and plans were gasoline problem,” Hoover formulated by the Niagara said. “If the: gas situation Falls Visitors and Con- vention Bureau on the New York State side of the waterfall and the Niagara Resort and Tourist At- tractions of Ontario on the Canadian side. does get tight on this side, Some of the largest crowds of the year were reported last weekend when a Connecticut psychic . had predicted a retaining | wall would collapse and a surge of water would sink a tour boat. The predicted tragedy never occurred. “T think at this point all the recent exposure got people ® Deal with A VACUUMING TRUCK moves along the beach in Texas while sucking up pea size tar balls which have drifted In off the Gulf of Mexico, The truck was able to remove the oll from the sand. 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