Engine Exhaust; Running Your Engine While You're Parked - Buick SKYLARK 1996 Manual

Engine Exhaust
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CAUTION:
Engine exhaust can kill. It contains the gas
carbon monoxide (CO), which you can't see or
smell. It
can
cause unconsciousness and death.
You might have exhaust coming in if:
Your exhaust system sounds strange or
Your vehicle gets rusty underneath.
Your vehicle was damaged in a collision.
Your
vehicle was damaged when driving over
high points on the road or over road debris.
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Repairs weren't -done correctly.
Your vehicle or exhaust system had been
If
you ever suspect exhaust is coming into your
vehicle:
Drive it only with all the windows down to
Have 'your vehicle fiied immediately.
different.
modified improperly.
blow out any CO; and
Running Your Engine While You're
Parked
It's better not to park with the engine
running.
But i f you
ever have to, here are some things to know.
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A
CAUTION:
Idling the engine with the air system control off
could allow aangerous exhaust into your vehicle
(see the earlier Caution under "Engine
Exhaust").
Also, idling in a closed-in place can let deadly
carbon monoxide (CO) into your vehihe even if
the fan switch is at the highest setting. One place
this can happen is a garage. Exhaust
--
with
CO
--
can come in easily.'NEVER park in a
garage with the engine running.
Another closed-in place can be a blizzard.
(See "Blizzard" in the Index.)
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