Changing Wheels - Vauxhall Omega Owner's Manual

O mega with tyre size 225/55 R 16 3:
The spare wheel is fitted with a smaller tyre
on a steel rim. If you use the spare wheel
the v ehicle's handling may be altered.
O btain a replacem ent for the faulty tyre as
soon a s possib le, and have the wheel
balanced and fitted to the v ehicle.
O mega with tyre size 235/45 R 17 3:
The spare wheel is fitted with a smaller tyre
on a steel wheel. It may only be used as a
tem porary spare wheel.
Notes on the tempora ry spa re w heel 3
z Fit only one temp orary sp are wheel.
z Do not d riv e faster than 50 mph
(80 km /h).
z Ta ke b ends slowly .
z Do not use the tem porary spare wheel
for a lengthy period.
z Replace temporary spare wheel with
repaired wheel without delay .
z Do not use tyre chains. If y ou need to use
ty re chains after suffering a flat rear tyre,
fit the tem pora ry spare w heel on the
front axle and transfer one of the front
wheels to the rear ax le. Adjust tyre
inflation pressure.

Changing wheels

In order to reduce the chance of possible
injuries, m ake the following prepa ra tions
and note the procedure:
z Park on a level, firm a nd non-slippery
surface.
z Sw itch on the hazard warning lights and
apply the hand brake. For a utomatic
transm ission 3, set the selector lever to
position P, or for m anua l transmission,
eng age first gear or reverse.
z C orrectly set up warning triangle.
Warning tria ngle – see page 178.
z Take the spare wheel from the lugg age
compa rtm ent.
z Before raising the vehicle, set the front
wheels to the straight-ahead p osition.
z Never change m ore than one w heel at
once.
z Block the wheel diagonally opposite the
wheel to be chang ed b y placing wedge
blocks or equivalent in front and behind
the wheel.
z Use the ja ck only to change wheels.
z If the ground on which the vehicle is
standing is soft, a solid board (max . 1 cm
thick ) should be placed under the jack.
Using a thicker board could damage the
jack and the vehic le.
z No people or a nima ls m ay be in the
vehicle when it is jack ed up.
z Never cra wl und er a ja cked-up vehicle.
z Do not start or run the engine while the
vehicle is on the jack.
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