Driving Hints; Brake Servo Unit; Driving In Mountainous Terrain - Vauxhall VX220 Owner's Manual

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Driving hints

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The firs t 6 00 m ile s (100 0 km)
Driv e y our v ehicle at various speed s. Do
not use full throttle. Never allow the engine
to labour at low rev s.
Make good use of all gears. Depress the
accelerator ped al a ma ximum of around
three quarters of the available p edal travel
in all gea rs and drive ra nges.
Do not d riv e faster than three quarters of
maximum speed .
The inform ation c oncerns the engine and
parts of the power train, e.g . the final drive.
Never coast with engine not running
Many units w ill then not function (e.g .
brake servo unit). Driving in this m anner is
a danger to yourself and others.

Brake servo unit

With the engine not running the brake
servo unit is no longer effective once the
brake peda l has been depressed once or
twice. The braking effect is not red uced but
substantia lly grea ter foot pressure is
necessary to stop the vehicle.

Driving in mountainous terrain

Electrically driven fan: The fan cooling
cap acity is not dep endant on engine
speed. It is not necessary, therefore, w hen
driving uphill to shift down into a lower
gear if the vehicle can climb in a higher
gear.