Maintenance and Specifications
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Next,atleast20minutesdrivinginstop-and-go,city-typetrafficwith
atleastfouridleperiods.
Allowthevehicletositforatleasteighthourswithoutstartingthe
engine.Then,starttheengineandcompletetheabovedrivingcycle.The
enginemustwarmuptoitsnormaloperatingtemperature.Oncestarted,
donotturnofftheengineuntiltheabovedrivingcycleiscomplete.
CHECKING AND ADDING POWER STEERING FLUID
Checkthepowersteeringfluid.
Refertotheservicemaintenance
sectionfortheserviceinterval
schedules.Ifaddingfluidis
necessary,useonlyMERCONATF.
1.
2.
Starttheengineandletitrununtilitreachesnormaloperating
temperature(theenginecoolanttemperaturegaugeindicatorwillbe
nearthecenterofthenormalareabetweenHandC).
Whiletheengineidles,turnthesteeringwheelleftandrightseveral
times.
3.
4.
Turntheengineoff.
Checkthefluidlevelinthe
reservoir.Itshouldbebetween
theMINandMAXlines.Donot
addfluidifthelevelisinthis
range.
MAX
MIN
5.
Ifthefluidislow,addfluidinsmallamounts,continuouslychecking
theleveluntilitreachestherangebetweentheMINandMAXlines.
Besuretoputthecapbackonthereservoir.
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Model Year | 2003 |
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