Driving Trips In Winter - BYD L3 QCJ7153 A Owner's Manual

one side. Likely, the parking
control mechanism cannot brake
the car firmly.
● While the car is travelling, do not
place your head or hand out of the
window to avoid traffic accident
and death risk, especially when a
child stays in the car.
NOTICE
While the car is travelling on wet
road, please avoid driving on road
with much accumulated water. If a
large quantity of water enters the
engine chamber, it would damage the
engine and/ or electric parts.

Driving Trips in Winter

Confirm that coolant works well as
anti-freezing protection.
Please use coolant specified by BYD
authorized service station only. Please
select proper coolant type to inject into
cooling system in accordance with
environment temperature.
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Use of improper coolant might damage
cooling system of the engine.
NOTICE
Do not use excessive quantity of
water, as excessive quantity of water
might damage cooling system of the
engine in winter.
Examine the storage battery and
cable condition.
Cold weather will reduce the storage
battery. Therefore, the storage battery
should keep sufficient capacity in winter.
Chapter 7-3 describes the method to
examine the storage battery with eyes.
BYD authorized service station will help
you to check charging level of the
storage battery.
Confirm that the engine oil viscosity
suits for driving in winter.
For recommended the engine oil viscosity,
please refer to chapter 7-2. In winter, as a
quantity of the engine oil used in summer
remains in the engine, the engine might
not be started easily. If you are not sure
which type of the engine oil should be
used, please contact BYD authorized
service station for help.
Prevent car door lock from being
frozen by snow and ice.
Please inject some deicing agent or
glycerol to prevent freezing.
Please use cleaning
containing anti-freezing agent.
These products are available in BYD
authorized service station
automobile parts shop.
determine mixture ratio of water and
anti-freezing agent in accordance with
the manufacturer's instruction.
NOTICE
Do not use the engine anti-freezing
agent or other substitutes
cleanser, as it might damage car
paint.
If the parking control mechanism
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