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If and when
How to jump start: description
⇒ fig. 225
A
shows the flat battery and
A
Jump lead terminal connections
– Switch off the ignition on both vehicles ⇒
1. Connect one end of the red jump lead to the positive
A
terminal of the vehicle with the flat battery ⇒
+
2. Connect the other end of the red jump lead to the positive
A
terminal
in the vehicle providing assistance.
+
3. Connect one end of the black jump lead to the negative terminal
A
on the battery of the vehicle providing assistance.
-
4. Connect the other end of the black jump lead
5. Position the leads in such a way that they cannot come into
Starting
6. Start the engine of the vehicle with the boosting battery and let
7. Start the engine of the car with the flat battery and wait one or
Fig. 225 How to connect
the jump leads
Removing the jump leads
8. Before you remove the jump leads, switch off the headlights (if
A
the charged battery.
B
9. Turn on the heater blower and rear window heater in the vehicle
.
⇒ fig. 225
.
10. When the engine is running, disconnect the leads in reverse
Connect the battery clamps so they have good metal-to-metal contact with
the battery terminals.
If the engine fails to start, switch off the starter after about 10 seconds and
try again after about half a minute.
component which is bolted on to the engine block, or onto the
engine block itself of the vehicle with the flat battery. Do not
connect it to a point near the battery ⇒
contact with any moving parts in the engine compartment.
it run at idling speed.
two minutes until the engine is "running".
they are switched on).
with the flat battery. This helps minimise voltage peaks which are
generated when the leads are disconnected.
order to the details given above.
A
to a solid metal
X
.
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