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Excerpt from Automobile Troubles and How to Remedy Them: A Practical Book for the Automobile Owner, Operator, Dealer, Builder, Salesman, Experimenter and Student of Mechanical Achievements In case of trouble with the engine or other essential parts of a motor car it is important to learn as soon as possible the exact nature of the trouble. Diagnosis is at times difficult, and requires experience, because in many cases there may be quite a number of symptoms for a failure, and the same symptoms may be common to many failures. To assist beginners, therefore, in their diagnosis, two tables have been drawn up. In one the various "Symptoms" of failure, with their "Causes," are set down in parallel columns. The other is arranged in three columns: in column I are set down the various "Failures" in alphabetical order; next come the "Symptoms," and after that the "Causes." For example, if the engine stops, the beginner will save much time by looking up "Stoppage of Engine" in Table I. He will find the probable causes set out, and having thus got the key, will find further on in these pages full directions for putting matters right. On the other hand, if he thinks he knows what the failure is, he can turn to Table II. The "Symptoms" in the second column will confirm him in his belief, or otherwise, and the "Causes," as before, will assist him in putting matters right. For example the driver finds when trying to start that there is no compression. He turns, therefore, to "Compression, None," in Table II, and there finds the causes, which are dealt with more fully in the articles which follow. Before discussing in detail the possible roadside failures, we have one word of advice to offer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.