Warm Engine; If Engine Fails To Start After Normal Starting; Driving Through Water; Starting The Diesel Engine - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

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Do
not "ve your
veIIiC: .....
~-
..
hh-
"
....r.runnltlg, . . . . .
"~NI.tIOu1d
ovtn-I
•.
you
WOuld
not
'
_
rire
-
to
react
to
...
' 'TEMP''
itmninti··.
·ai·
Coaaant
...... 1itUre ...... '""
could -*In
~ ~
to
your fthk;1I indudIng.
tn.
WARM ENGINE
.
AI
Ei9ne
......
00
not
press
down the
aoceterator
.
~.
With
)'OUf
toot off
the
peda.l;
crank ·the
engipe by
'turning
the
Ignition key
to
' ·Star1.:
i
·If
the
engine
.does
not sta1
after
3
'
s ec:ondS
of cranking. Press
down'
the aoceIeretoq:)8dal
to
1
/
3
of
its.
travel
while
cranking.
Release
.
the
key
(and
accelerator
pedaI)
·when
the
engine
starts.:
very Coact W .. ther
(Bek)w
-1SOC Or O"F Or 'After Vehicle
Has
Been
Standing
Idle
s.Yera'
Days)
:
Before
cranking
·the
engine,
fully
depress
iWld
release'
the
aoceteralOi-
- .
pedB) one or two times more
than
stated lor
yo\J".
~ine ·:under
'
''CoId
EngifNi. '
starti~.
·
Then;
wlth .your
toot
off the
-.ccelerator
peda~
'crank
the
engine.
by
turning the
ignition
key
to
..
Start."
Release the key wt:len the
I3fIQioe
starts.
4,
Apply the regul8!"
'
b rakes
and
shWt
'·inlo ·the proper
gear.
Rereese·
1h8
ptrting
brake
and.driVe:ofL-::.·:...
"
....
IF ENGINE FAlui TO START ·AfTER NORMAl. STARTING
.
PROCEDURE,
"·'
.. .
.
1,
If ,you·tried
t!)e.
cold.
engl~
.•
starting
~ooodu
re
and
the
~ ~
not start,
then fullY
depress
ilIfld·
retease
:the ai::Ce'erator
pedal
several times. TaJ<e
your.tool
off
the pedal and
craM
the engine
by
turning
t~_
k6y
to
"Start"
2.
tf
yoU
hied
'
the
w.-m
engne starting ·procecUe (or
the c:otd
engine
procedure
and
SteP
1
above),
and
the
engirie
stiifdoes
not
start,
press the
8CC8itlfator
.pedal:
~
Ih!3
floor
and
hold
[t
there
while
~
the
qne.
This
should
clear
.t~~
engihe
~
it
fs
. .
fIoOdecI.
·
.
..
3.
['
the
engine'
has"been fIooded-with
·too
much fuel,
It
may
start
to
run but
nr:>t
have
eryot.9l .powEIf to )<eep ,1'LIfII'I1rg
.In
that
.case,
cqntir;MJe
q-anklng
with
the.accelerator
pedal
all
the·
way
_
! o"the·11oor
until
the engine clears
itself
at excess
QasoIine
and
runs
smooth/y
..
(But,
do
not crri more than
15
seconds
at
Q
lime or
you
COUld
dar0ag8:ttie
Starter.)
DRIVING nfROUG~
.wATER(lii~$Er:;
.EN<;INI'S)
...
NanCE: 00
not
'
d r'tYe
I/woUgh
~
.mcw"e
INn
i
Inclw.
deIfIlf
your
venicle
.
'-.
clnel
tngIfte. ..•
You
drl,
Of·
.
yOu
driYI.~ 1IUndIng
...... ,...... . . .
s
·
.
(10
1unJ1l);
........
·
1;111
tMi
~
'
intO
thillfllline'
tlWougt\tw
.ir
Int8ii..
""'II
c.ri
I'HUIt In
· lmmlldl"'lirid'~IlIISiINld'~.~'·
..
;
.
,.
,
.
STARTING THE
.
DIESEL ENGiNE
The
.
foIiowmg
pr~~
is
r~
lor starting
your
di~
engine.
~
note that" a
diesel
engine stEWts
differet'ltty'from a
gasoline .engine.
1.
/lWIYthe""'kIns!''''
....
,
' ..
2.
AutClft1lltic
Tra,
~
!:t~s-
S~fl.ttMJJransrilissl.
o n
shift
~er
to
"p'.
'
.
( park)
or ..
~..
(Neutral)
("P"
preter:roo).
A-
starter
satety 'device
is
designed to
keep
the
~
trom
op8(iIIing-
if
the·
shift leVer
is
in
any
clive
position.
(If
yOu need'fo r.s!8rt·the'engine
while
the
Vehicle
ls
'fnovjng.
·inoy.e·
the·shIft
lever
to
"
N").
.
, .
.
3.
Tum the ignition My
to
"RUN,!!
OO·l40T.TUANIT ·T("
~
'STARr.!'
With
'
2
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