In Case Of Emergency; Four-Way Hazard Warning Flasher; Emergency Starting Your Vehicle Due To A Discharged Battery; Jump Starting - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

SECTION
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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
See
also' " Engine
Exhaust
Gas
Caution
(carbon Monoxide)"
at
the
beginrling
of "Starting and Operating,:"
Set:J~
2
ot
this
rnaI'ltlal.. .
FOUR-WAY HAZARD WARNING FLASHER
• Use
the
hazard warning
flasher" to
warn other drivers 8It'f time your
vehicle
becomes
a
trafftic hazarQ.
"day or pighl
• Avoid
stopping
on the roar;tway if
possiI::M. . _
• TlJn on
the
hazard warning
ftasher
by
pushlnsi-in 1m; button
(ioside
the
COllar) iOcated on the oolumn
just
behind the steering
wheel.
The
flasher
Will work with
the
IgVtlon
' e ithf;Ir off
or
on. ' . ' .
\
I \
• The " turn
signats do
not
work When
the haza'd ftashef is
On.
• On
some
vehicleS, if the brake -pedal
is
pushed
dOwn;
the :..~ ' wiII
not
flash; they
will
stay
on until the
brake
is·released.
• To
tum
otr'h
f\a8her, plmthe
bultorl· oolJar. ~.
EMERGENCY STARlING YOUR
VEHlCLE
DUE TO ' A
DISCHARGED
BATTERY
If
)'Q'K
GM
vehide
win not
&tart
dJe. to
a
diIchlwQed.
battery, It
can
otter'!
be
started
by-
using
f!JIMJIfJ'j ...
om
another battery
•
a proCedure caJecI ",it.rr1)
sIar1ing." SIlouId
yow . . . -
hIM> ...
opIIonal diesel engine _
...
batteries,
use only the
battery
on
the
driver's side (k»c8ted closer to the starter,
electrical resistance is reduced)
When
jump starting..
NOncE!
Do
not
pUsh or
Ww
tH.
riHC ..
~
atlrt
Ii..
'Und.r'"
~
..... mIIY
...,....
the CIUIyk c:orwert«
(on,..,..,. • ..-,) or
OCher .....
01 . .
~;
...
0\IloO;.
IirQ ....
whk:" . . . .
12 YOIl ...."., • __ 1M . . , . ..
or
~
I..ed
1It)uwlp
Itart
your.....,. ......
12 vol.
U.
allI'Iy _
type
er-m
-r
~
1M
"",*"' • .
.-cttlcall
COi ......
rrtt.
J
........... IMtruc:tlonO
ump ---.,. .
At low
t~atures.
it
may not be
possible
to 8tWt your
ciesel engine
tom
a
single battery in
another
vehicle. However. ,you c.n use
your
vehlcl& to
~
start .nother-vehicle;
CAUTlON:_ .,....... pr~
•• ptoe;w,
va-.
oontIIiII
~ Kid . .
wppIy
...,... af ....,... curteIIt Ngh
InOUlIh
to
' * - IIurnt.
TIwIfonI,
to _ _ . .
dIei10II
af~ ~
wMnwoftlnliJ _ .
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