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Acomputersystemcontrolstheengine’sidle
speed.Whenyoustartyourvehicle,the
engine’sidlespeednormallyrunshigherthan
whenitiswarmedup.Thesefasterengine
speedswillmakeyourvehiclemoveslightly
fasterthanitsnormalidlespeed.Itshould,
however,slowdownafterashorttime.Ifit
doesnot,havetheidlespeedchecked.
Iftheengineidlespeeddoesnotslowdown
automatically,donotallowyourvehicletoidle
formorethan10minutes.Havethevehicle
checked.
WARNING
Extendedidlingathighenginespeeds
canproduceveryhightemperaturesin
theengineandexhaustsystem,creating
theriskoffireorotherdamage.
WARNING
Donotpark,idle,ordriveyourvehicle
indrygrassorotherdrygroundcover.
Theemissionsystemheatsupthe
enginecompartmentandexhaust
system,whichcanstartafire.
EngineBlockHeater(Ifequipped)
Engineblockheatersarestronglyrecommendedif
youliveinaregionwheretemperaturesreach-10˚F
(-23˚C)orbelow.Anengineblockheaterwarms
theenginecoolant,whichimprovesstarting,warms
uptheenginefaster,andallowstheheater-defrost
systemtorespondquickly.
Toturntheheateron,simplyplugitintoa
grounded110-voltoutlet.Fordrecommendsthat
youusea110-voltcircuitthatisprotectedbya
groundfaultcircuitinterrupter.
File:08fntot.ex
Update:Mon Jun 17 13:51:45 1996
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