How To Save Fuel And Lengthen Service Life Of The Car - BYD L3 QCJ7153 A Owner's Manual

Running-in procedures
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BYD recommends that a car with
new transmission system (engine,
transmission,
mechanism, wheel
transmission shaft) should not tow a
trailer within its initial 2000 km.
Maintenance
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When the car tows a trailer, the car
has more load capacity. Therefore,
it requires more
maintenance.
How to Save Fuel and Lengthen
Service Life of the Car
It is easy and convenient to save fuel. It
also helps lengthen service life of the car.
Refer to the following tips to save fuel
fee and repair fee.
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Maintain proper tire pressure.
Insufficient tire pressure might cause
tire wearing and fuel wasting. (Refer
to description in chapter 7-2).
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Do not place unnecessary load
on the vehicle. Overweight might
increase the engine load and
differential consume large quantity of fuel.
bearing,
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Avoid
idling. Once the engine operates
steadily,
Preheating time in a cold day might
be longer.
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Accelerate slowly and steadily.
Avoid fast starting. Please use high
speed gear while driving.
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frequent Avoid long-time engine idling. If
you have to wait for someone in a
area which is not busy, please turn
off the engine.
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Avoid
over-speeding the engine. Please
select a proper speed gear in
accordance with road condition.
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Avoid frequent acceleration and
deceleration. Frequent stop and
move wastes fuel.
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Avoid unnecessary parking or
long-time warning up
please drive steadily.
lugging down or
braking. Keep a steady speed.
Drive in accordance with traffic signal
lamps to reduce stopping times to the
minimum extent or drive on a highway
without traffic light. Keep a proper
distance from cars in the front of you to
avoid emergent braking. It will also
reduce brake wearing.
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Avoid areas with busy traffic or
congestion as far as possible.
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Do not place your foot on the
clutch pedal or the brake pedal.
Otherwise, it might
premature wearing, overheating or
consumption of large quantity of
fuel.
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Please maintain a proper speed
on a highway. The higher the
speed is, the more fuel the car
consumes. Slow the car speed to
save fuel.
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Please maintain correct position
of the front wheel. Please avoid
bumping into road kerb. Drive
Starting and Driving 3-7
cause