Fuel Cap; Catalytic Converter; Computer Command Control System - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

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FUEL CAP
The
fuel
cap
1s.betWld
a hinged
dOo(
On
the'
k!ft rear ~
panel.
NaTlCE:
"rou
Med
\0
t.,i-
the'
tueI
c..:uee
onty,.
c.-
-I-1IeCI
for
yoW
rnockt;'
An
~-
tueI
c-..
c.n
ted
1I'I.1iiriout -~
of .-fuel.,...". CIf..w..ioft
00I'Itr0I:
.~
yO!!
'*"
eM
.
'~ ~nt
oap
frOIn
Yow
.....
The
fuel
"
t3nk fluer cap has
a
;;scfew~"
ratch-
e ting
type/
feature
.
To remove
-
rotate
'
c ap counterclockwise to
clear the.inside
of
the.1iII8r
.
'neCk>TtVS-.,..iII
allow
ail)'
resicll..icil.J)I"~e
.
t O
escape.
.
,
To
install"
-
reverse"
ttis
pr~e
'
anc;i
tiQtrten-
cap
'
securely
unlil
a
"
ratcheting",
dcking sound is
~
incicating
cap;s
on
properly.
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CATAL Y11C
C9NV~(GasotlneEngines
Only)
·
··
The Clltatytic"conv.n.r is
-an--
.emiHlon 'conIroi "device edded to the
exh.ust 8ystem
to
reduce exhlluet ·gu pollutants. The
<
converter
'oontainS
a,ceramic
mat~ial
'
coated
with
noble
n'Iet8I
catalysts:
To-preVent
contamination
and .1oss
,of··
effectiveness of
the cataJysts. unleaded g8.SOIihe mu ..
be:'
tised:
~1eadecI
gasoline
also
reduces
spar\<
pkJg
fou~ng..-
exhaust
system -corrOSion
and
enginE!
91.
~a~'
J
~~
QaSCJ:IIr)e.
wil.
also
~
the
o~
sensor
in 'the
~er
Command
c:ontroI
system
Which
Could
aftect'EII'I"IissiOn
control.
. .
:. ,
To Mip preYeRt
d*mage,
.
-.
".,'
,':
' '.
. ...
,'-_:
1:,
Keep'
-
Y our
-
engine
Pro~'
1 Y
'r'nain~~ed:"
Eiigiile
.
rrlaHunttions
' :
jrw<:,' V lrig
.
I he
electrical, carburetion,
electronic
fuel
inj~
,or
Ignition systems
may
result in
unusually
hlgll
.,
~tafytIc
. , ooilvertef:
and exhaust :systecb
terl}PefjJ.tu~es
w~~
.
~
·.
e xtr~
maltuOl<tionirlg
conditions.
~y
ignite
'.: <
interior Jbor
.
..wverihg
rY¥.I~.
abo'(e
,the
c:oi"Miirter.
'00'
nOt
kMp'
d~
your'
.yehide •
j$>u
cIO!I>d':
.....
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-
....
.
-
,4
.
,.
,
~.fJK·
olheq
...
u.:r
operaqng.
~.
!nstea4. ,~
it:
,~
6ervi08d
p,.cimptly.
See
the'
M.an:enanoe
Schedule: ~.for
irPq..nlation.a:J
inspecting
and
rryaim$lnlng
the
enQine. eXhaust
s~
'
and
compOriehts.
. .. ,
/
11:·f
.: .... ,
.......
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'"\.~~
:
:'.
to
·
'
,
:":,,
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.,'
2:
'
Do
,
n~'
. .
Par.
k ;
'idle
•.
'oroW~
'
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y
o:ur'"'·,
Y .hic~
'0,
' ;
...
comb~bIe
materi
. .
;
auch
..
.
gr.US
or lea.vn.
They;
c~1d
tOUch
the hot
ex~
......
ond.Ig_:., : : ....
< . . .
c . '.
. ,
.'
.' : .. ,
'
,
3.
00
not
push
or
to¥(
tIF>
vehicle
.to·
stan
il.
Ths
.may
resul
in
unusualy
.
tligh
..
Catafytic
~ertet::an(U~ti8U,St
,system. ~8tiies'
whlch
.
~
eXtreme
'
conditions
may
igrm~anC.
Q
{i(:M", : ' ,
floot'--covElfjng
,:roa,ierial
~~
.
ltle
converter.
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:
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,'
.
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':
. ..
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'"
. '"
~giii'dii'ig
the.
I~truetlons
Couid
4inn .
.
. ..
c.atalytiC
.
G o~"',
the
vehicle,
Or~OearbY
:
Property'
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COMPUTER COMMANO CPNTROL SV.sTEM
·
Most ga,soIine erigine
v~1es
~
'in
:tt19
United States
(and
some
vehicles.·
Sok;linGanadafhavethe~e:iCQi'nrnaOd~System:
.,~
.
,,:'
...
'
The'
Cpmpuler
Command
ContrQr
syst~,
.
mpnitors
·the
exhaust
stream'
widl.-&n
oxyg~
sensor. ·~
on
sensor
si!J18,l,s"
the:el\3Ctronic.oontrol
module .adjusts
I~
..
a,ir·fuel
·.
~atio
,as
,needed
.
.
.
::,11 is
Ye.r'y-
"Impprtent.
to,
US!!
only ,unleaded
.
gasoline
in
~icles equ~
'with
Ill!!
~er
Command
Control 'system..
Leaded
gasoine
wilt
damage
the oXygen
sensor,
and
may,
·.
a ffect
.emission
c:ontrol.
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