Skoda FABIA Owner's Manual page 213

212 Breakdown assistance
We recommend purchasing jump-start cables from Škoda Service Partners as a
Škoda original accessory or from retailers who sell branded batteries.
Start engine
It is important to connect the jump-start cables in the correct order.
Connecting positive terminals
A
– Attach one end to the positive terminal
1
A
discharged battery .
A
A
– Attach the other end
2
A
supplying the power
B
Connecting negative terminal and engine block
A
– Attach one end to the negative terminal of the battery supplying
3
A
the power .
B
A
– Attach the other end
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firmly to the engine block, or to the engine block itself ⇒
Fig. 200 Jump-starting using
the battery from another
vehicle: A - flat vehicle
battery, B - battery providing
current
⇒ fig. 200
of the
to the positive terminal of the battery
.
to a solid metal part which is connected
Starting engine
– Start the engine of the vehicle providing current and run the engine at
idling speed.
– Now start the engine of the vehicle with the discharged battery.
– Interrupt the attempt at starting an engine after 10 seconds if it does
not start right away and wait for about 30 seconds before repeating
the attempt.
– Disconnect the cables on the engine in exactly the reverse order they
were connected up.
WARNING
The non-insulated parts of the terminal clamps must never make contact
with each other. Furthermore, the cable connected to the positive terminal
of the battery must not come into contact with electrically conducting parts
of the vehicle - risk of a short circuit!
Do not affix the jump starting cables to the negative terminal of the
discharged battery. There is the risk of detonating gas seeping out the
battery being ignited by the strong spark which results from the engine
being started.
Do not affix the cable end
Run the jump-start cables so that they cannot be caught by any rotating
parts in the engine compartment.
Do not bend over the batteries - risk of caustic burns!
The vent screws of the battery cells must be tightened firmly.
Keep any sources of ignition (naked flame, smouldering cigarettes etc.)
away from the battery - risk of an explosion!
Never jump-start the batteries which have a too low electrolyte level -
. risk of explosion and caustic burns!
A
to parts of the fuel and brake system.
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