Start In High Altitude (>2400M) Cold Weather; Manual Transmission - BYD F6 Owner's Manual

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Start in high altitude (>2400m)
cold weather
The engine is hard to start in cold weather.
Also, the engine is more hard to start in the
thinner air found at altitudes above 2,400
meters.
At this time, you should take following
steps:
1. Turn off all electrical accessories to
reduce the consumption of the battery.
2. Press the accelerator pedal halfway down,
and hold it there in the whole process. The
time that the key pauses on the START (III)
position do not exceed 15 seconds. After the
engine starts, you should release the
accelerator pedal slowly when the engine
speed accelerates and engine running goes
stability.
3. If the engine doesn't start after doing step
2, press the accelerator pedal down to the
bottom and hold it there, try to start the
engine in 15 seconds again. If the engine
still doesn't start, repeat step 2.
If the temperature out of vehicle is below
centigrade zero, or your vehicle has parked
for several days without being driven,
preheat the engine several minutes before
driving.

Manual transmission

To run stably, manual transmission all has
synchronizer on all of driving gear. Manual
transmission has locking device, to avoid
shifting gear from the fifth gear to reverse
gear directly. When shifting gear, you must
tread the clutch pedal down to bottom.
When not shifting gear, don't put you feet
on the clutch pedal, or it can accelerate the
abrasion of clutch.
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Only after stopping the vehicle completely,
you may shift to reverse gear. If you shift to
reverse gear when the vehicle doesn't stop
completely, it will damage the transmission.
After treading down the clutch pedal, and
before shifting to reverse gear, you should
stop a few seconds, or shift to one driving
gear and stop for a moment. In this way, it
will make the gear stop running, and avoid
―milling‖ each other.
When decelerating, obtain
braking force from the engine by the way of
downshifting. The additional braking force
is helpful to keep one safety speed, when
driving down the ramp; it can prevent the
braking system overheating.
downshifting, you need to ensure that the
engine speed display doesn't enter in the red
area of tachometer. Please see the max
permissible speedometer.
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