PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 239
OCTOBER 1972
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you nail 'er down-"defective spark
Plugs±. Or, Like it says iN the air Po²²ution
TB, ³burned or fou²ed spark P²ugs±. You
c²ean, regaP aNd test the plugs. Or, if the
o²d ones test out bad, you put in new p²ugs.
And that ´µt¶nNer is back in business.
Did you, the driver, rePort this trouble
on your DA Form 2404?
Did you, the mechaNic, spo· this trouble
when you pu²²ed the ²ast "S± service?
That's ¸reventive MaiNtenance-head¹
ing off big troub²e whi²e it's sti²² ²itt²e
troub²e-or before it even starts.
ANd you he²p cut down on air po²lution.
ºope, on²y a so»so show. That's repair,
¼ike smoke PouriNg out of your ex½
not ¸reventive MaiNtenance.
¾hink back. That Ii'! vehic²e has beeN
acting uP for weeks-hard to start, stall¿
ingÀ sPitting Án' coughing, poor power on
a har pull.
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be your air c²eaner's c²oggeÂ
witH ÂirtÄ Your engine's starving fo Åir
Needed to mix with the fue². Black smoke
can be te²ling you that yoUr cÅrburetor's
set too richÆ Blue smoke says Çou're burnÈ
ing oi². So you're wÅsting fue² or oil.
You're Putting a strain on your engine.
And you're po²²uting the air.
Or maybe your ¸CV va²ve is p²ugged
Just aÉout anyÊHing thatËs bad for yoÌr
engine-makes your engine work hÍrderÎ
makes for more air PollutionÏ ¼ike dirty
crankcase oi² wearing oÌt your rings and
bearings. Even dirty ²ubeÐor nÑ lubeÐin
your whee² bearings, Prop shafÒ ÓÔjointÕ
uP. (This's the "positive crankcase ventiÖ
and gear cases that makes yoÌr engine
lation± va²ve on most gasoline engiNes×)
Your engine gets Part of its air through
work harder to move your vehicle and
²oad.
the ¸CV system, tooÄ ANd ¸CV he²ps
Øf you wait for trouble to give you tHe
your engine Ùurn up that stuff that po²Ú
¸M signa², you can't claim you're rea²ly
trying to he²p contro² air polluÒion.
tive m
aintEnance hElps
Good preven
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t air pollutIon±
prevEn
PM
is up to you²
The m
eChaNic±
the dR³ver• and You´
µt's Your a³r, too¶
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