If No Steam Is Coming From Your Engine - Oldsmobile cutlass supreme 1996 Owner's Manual

If No Steam,Is Coming From Your Engine
If you no longer have the overheat warning, you can
If you get the overheat waning but see or hear no
the engine can get a little too hot when you:
drive. Just to be safe, drive slower for about 10 minutes.
If the warning doesn't come back on, you can
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steam, the problem may not be too serious. Sometimes drive normally.
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Climb
a
long hill on
a
hot day.
Stop after high-speed driving.
Idle for long periods in traffic.
Tow a trailer.
If you get the overheat warning with no sign of steam,
try this for a minute or so:
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1. Turn off your air conditioner.
If the warning continues, pull over, stop, and park your
vehicle right away.
If there's still no sign of steam, you can idle the engine
for two or three minutes while you're parked, to see if
the warning stops. But then, if you still have the
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warning, turn off the engine and get everyone out of the
vehicle until it cools down.
You may decide not to lift the hood but to get service
help right away.
2. Turn on your heater to full hot at the highest fan
speed and open the window as necessary.
3. If you're in a traffic jam, shift to NEUTRAL (N);
otherwise, shift to the highest gear while
driving
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AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE
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or THIRD (3).
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