Emergency starting
STARTINGANENGINEWITHADISCHARGED
BATTERY
TheONLYrecommendedmethodsofstarting
avehiclewithadischargedbatteryare:
USINGBOOSTERCABLES
Ifadonorvehicleistobeused,bothvehicles
shouldbeparkedwiththeirbatterylocations
adjacenttoeachother.Ensurethatthetwo
vehiclesdonottouch.
•
Usingasubstitutebatteryfittedtothe
disabledvehicle.
Applythehandbrakesandensurethatthe
transmissionofbothvehiclesissetinneutral
•
Usingboostercables(jumpleads)to
connectthebatteryfromadonorvehicle
tothedischargedbattery.
(
’P’orParkforvehicleswithautomatic
transmission).
TurnoffthestarterswitchandALLelectrical
equipmentofBOTHvehicles,thenfollowthe
instructionsonthepagethatfollows.
WARNING
•
•
•
Batteriesemitexplosivehydrogengas-
keepsparksandnakedlightsawayfrom
theenginecompartment.
DONOTattempttojumpstartthevehicle
iftheelectrolyteinthebatteryis
suspectedofbeingfrozen.
MakesureBOTHbatteriesareofthe
samevoltage(12volts),andthatthe
boostercableshaveinsulatedclamps
andareapprovedforusewith12volt
batteries.
•
•
DONOTdisconnectthedischarged
battery.
DONOTconnectpositive(+)terminalsto
negative(-)terminals,andensure
boostercablesarekeptawayfromany
movingpartsintheengine
compartment.
•
Takecarewhenworkingnearrotating
partsoftheengine.
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| Categories | Range Rover |
|---|---|
| Tags | Land Rover |
| Model Year | 2000 |
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| Language | English |
| Product Name | Range Rover Handbook Australia |
| Product Brand | Land Rover |
| Applicable to Country | Australia |
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| Publisher | landrover.com |
| Wikipedia's Page | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover |
| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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