Maintenance and Specifications
for15secondswithoutcrankingtheengine.IftheServiceengine
soon
indicatorblinkseighttimes,itmeansthatthevehicleisnot
readyforI/Mtesting;iftheServiceenginesoon
indicatorstayson
solid,itmeansthatthevehicleisreadyforI/Mtesting.
TheOBD-IIsystemisdesignedtochecktheemissioncontrolsystem
duringnormaldriving.Acompletecheckmaytakeseveraldays.Ifthe
vehicleisnotreadyforI/Mtesting,thefollowingdrivingcycleconsisting
ofmixedcityandhighwaydrivingmaybeperformed:
15
20
minutesofsteadydrivingonanexpressway/highwayfollowedby
minutesofstop-and-godrivingwithatleastfour30-secondidle
periods.
Allowthevehicletositforatleasteighthourswithoutstartingthe
engine.Then,starttheengineandcompletetheabovedrivingcycle.The
enginemustwarmuptoitsnormaloperatingtemperature.Oncestarted,
donotturnofftheengineuntiltheabovedrivingcycleiscomplete.If
thevehicleisstillnotreadyforI/Mtesting,theabovedrivingcyclewill
havetoberepeated.
POWER STEERING FLUID
Checkthefluid.Refertothe
scheduledmaintenance
informationforservice
maintenanceschedules.
1.
Starttheengineandletitrun
untilitreachesnormaloperating
temperature.
2.
Turnthesteeringwheelleftand
rightseveraltimes.
3.
4.
5.
Turntheengineoff.
Checkthefluidlevel.
IfthefluidisbelowtheMINline,addfluidinsmallamountsuntilit
reachesthecorrectlevel(betweentheMINandMAXlines).Referto
Maintenanceproductspecificationsandcapacitiesinthischapterfor
theproperfluidtype.
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2008
Focus(foc)
OwnersGuide
USA(fus)
Product Specification
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