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SJARTING
THE
ENGINE
Please
refer
to page 13 for information
on starting Hydra-Matic equipped cars.
As is true of
all
cars,
it
is
good practice to hold the
clutch pedal
down
while
starting engine.
It's
the safe
thing to do,
since
there's always a
chance
that the
person
who
drove the car
last
may
have
left it in gear. With
the
clutch disengaged
there
is
no chance of
the
car
plung·
ing ahead when the engine
starts.
Besides,
disengaging
the clutch relieves
the
starter
of
the task
of
turning the
transmission gears.
This
is
an important
advantage
in
cold weather starting.
Depressing clutch peda
l
allows starter
to turn engine
without
turning
pa
rts on
right
side of dotted line.
There
is no
need
for
a choke button
on
your Pontiac. The auto·
matic choke
which has been built into
your carburetor regulates
the
adjushnent
of the gas mixture for you much
better than
anyone
has been able
to do by hand.
Also,
since
a
fast idle
feature is built into the
carburetor, you
are
relieved
of
the task
of manipu,
lating a hand throttle when
starting in
cold
weather. For
this
reason,
the
throttle has
been
omitted.
The
engine wlll
run
faster
just
after starting
in
cold weather, but
will slow
down automatically as the
engine
reaches normal oper-
ating temperature
.
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