Mazda 2006 RX-8 Owner's Manual page 269

RX-8_8U58-EA-05J_Edition1 Page269
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1. Remove the engine cover.
2. Remove the rubber hose from the
battery cover.
3. Remove the battery cover from its rear
side.
Form No.8U58-EA-05J
Black plate (269,1)
In Case of an Emergency
Emergency Starting
4. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V
and that its negative terminal is
grounded.
5. If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, don't allow the vehicles to
touch. Turn off the engine of the
vehicle with the booster battery and all
unnecessary electrical loads in both
vehicles.
6. Connect the jumper cables in the exact
sequence as in the illustration.
Connect one end of a cable to the
l
positive terminal on the discharged
battery (1).
Attach the other end to the positive
l
terminal on the booster battery (2).
Connect one end of the other cable
l
to the negative terminal of the
booster battery (3).
Connect the other end to a solid,
l
stationary, exposed metallic point
(for example, the tightening bolt)
away from the discharged battery
(4).
Discharged
battery
Booster battery
7. Start the engine of the booster vehicle
and run it a few minutes. Then start the
engine of the other vehicle.
Connect cables
in numerical
order and
disconnect in
reverse order.
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