2000 Land Rover Range Rover Handbook Manual

Starting & driving
V8iPETROLMODELS
WARNING
Coldclimates
Inverycoldclimatestheoilpressurewarning
lightsmaytakeseveralsecondstoextinguish.
Similarly,enginecrankingtimeswillalso
increase;at-30°C(-22°F)thestartermotor
mayneedtobeoperatedcontinuouslyforas
longas30secondsbeforetheenginewill
start.Forthisreason,ensurethatall
non-essentialelectricalequipmentisswitched
off.
Thecatalyticconverter(iffitted)iseasily
damagedthroughimproperuse,particularly
ifthewrongfuelisused,orifanengine
misfireoccurs.
Beforestartingtheengineanddriving,
ENSUREthatyouarefamiliarwiththe
precautionsshownunderCatalyticconverter
laterinthissection.
Blockheaters
Onlyapprovedblockheatersrestrictedtoa
maximumof400Wshouldbeused.Block
heatersthatexceedthisoutputmaydamage
theemissioncontrolcomponents.
Inparticular,youshouldbeawarethatifthe
enginefailstostart,continueduseofthe
startermayresultinunburntfueldamaging
thecatalyticconverter.
Warming-up
Intheinterestsoffueleconomy,itisadvisable
tostartdrivingstraightaway,remembering
thatharshaccelerationorlabouringtheengine
beforethenormaloperatingtemperaturehas
beenreachedcandamagetheengine.
Starting
1.
2.
3.
Checkthatthehandbrakeisappliedand
thatthegearleverisinPorN.
Switchoffallunnecessaryelectrical
equipment.
Afterstarting,ensurethatthehandbrakeor
footbrakearefirmlyappliedandthe
acceleratorpedalisnotpressedwhilemoving
thegearselectorleverfromNorP,
otherwisethevehiclewillmoveimmediately
theselectorleverismovedtooneofthedrive
positions.Thisisparticularlyimportantwhen
theengineiscoldbecausetheenginewillbe
idlingatafasterspeedthannormal.
Insertthestarterkeyandturntheswitch
topositionIIandthenontopositionIII
tooperatethestartermotor;DONOT
presstheacceleratorpedalduringstarting,
andRELEASETHEKEYassoonasthe
engineisrunning.
IntemperateclimatesDONOToperatethe
starterforlongerthan5seconds;iftheengine
failstostart,switchoffandwaitfor10
secondsbeforere-usingthestarter.Please
notethatcontinueduseofthestarterwill
dischargethebattery.Intemperateclimates
thebatterychargingandoilpressurewarning
lightsshouldextinguishassoonastheengine
isrunning.
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Model Year2000
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- 211 pages
LanguageEnglish
Product NameRange Rover Handbook
Product BrandLand Rover
Applicable to CountryUK
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Publisherlandrover.com
Wikipedia's Pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover
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