Maintenance and Specifications
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 (EXCEPT SHO ENGINE)
Refertoscheduledmaintenanceinformation.
1.
Starttheengineandletitrun
untilitreachesnormaloperating
temperature(theenginecoolant
temperaturegaugeindicatorwillbe
nearthecenterofthenormalarea
betweenHandC).
2.
steeringwheelleftandrightseveral
times.
Whiletheengineidles,turnthe
3.
Turntheengineoff.
4.
Checkthefluidlevelinthereservoir.ItshouldbebetweentheMIN
andMAXlines.Donotaddfluidifthelevelisinthisrange.
5.
Ifthefluidislow,addfluidinsmallamounts,continuouslychecking
theleveluntilitreachestherangebetweentheMINandMAXlines.Be
suretoputthecapbackonthereservoir.RefertoMaintenance
productspecificationsandcapacitiesinthischapterfortheproper
fluidtype.
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2010
Taurus(500)
OwnersGuide,3rdPrinting
USA(fus)
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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